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REFORM
reform
(noun) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; “justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts”
reform
(noun) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; “the family rejoiced in the drunkard’s reform”
reform
(noun) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; “the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians”
reform, straighten out, see the light
(verb) change for the better; “The lazy student promised to reform”; “the habitual cheater finally saw the light”
reform
(verb) make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; “reform a political system”
reform
(verb) improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; “reform the health system in this country”
reform
(verb) break up the molecules of; “reform oil”
reform
(verb) produce by cracking; “reform gas”
reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
(verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; “The Church reformed me”; “reform your conduct”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reform (countable and uncountable, plural reforms)
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
Synonyms
• reformation
• amendment
• rectification
• correction
Verb
reform (third-person singular simple present reforms, present participle reforming, simple past and past participle reformed)
(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better
(intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits
(transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
Synonyms
• (put into a better condition): amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim
Anagrams
• former
Noun
Reform (plural Reforms)
a political movement/party
Adjective
Reform (not comparable)
Of Reform Judaism, its tenets, or its adherents.
Synonyms
• Liberal
Anagrams
• former
Source: Wiktionary
Re*form" (r*frm"), v. t. Etym: [F. réformer, L. reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form. See Form.]
Definition: To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals. The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it. Swift.
Syn.
– To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better; improve; restore; reclaim.
Re*form", v. i.
Definition: To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
Re*form", n. Etym: [F. réforme.]
Definition: Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. Civil service reform. See under Civil.
– Reform acts (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament.
– Reform school, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]
Syn.
– Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See Reformation.
Re-form" (r*frm"), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Re-formed (-frmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Re-forming.]
Definition: To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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