(n.) A helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress; as the furtherance of an ideal\.

Great Leap Forward accomplishment advance advancement advancing advocacy advocating aid amelioration amendment amplification ascent assistance backing bettering betterment blossoming boost boosting career championing championship course development developmental change elaboration enhancement enlargement enrichment eugenics euthenics evolution evolutionary change evolvement evolving expansion expediting expedition explication facilitation flowering forward motion forwardal forwarding fostering furthering go-ahead gradual change growth headway help helping along improvement lift march maturation melioration mend mending natural development natural growth nonviolent change ongoing onward course passage patronage pickup preferential treatment preferment progress progression progressiveness promotion pursuit recovery restoration revival ripening rise rolling rolling on rushing special treatment speeding succor support travel upbeat uplift upping upswing uptrend upward mobility way