reform
noun
1. a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
- justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
Definition categories: act, improvement
2. a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
- the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
Definition categories: act, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
3. self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
- the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
Definition categories: act
verb
1. make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- reform a political system
Definition categories: change, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
2. 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
Similar word(s): reclaim, rectify, regenerate
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
3. produce by cracking
- reform gas
Definition categories: change
4. break up the molecules of
- reform oil
Definition categories: change
5. improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- reform the health system in this country
Definition categories: change, ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
6. change for the better
- The lazy student promised to reform
Definition categories: change, ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
Sentences with reform as a verb:
- to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals
- This product contains reformed meat.
- The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack.
- The pop group reformed for one final tour.