reform

Plural: reforms

Noun

• a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
  • "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
• a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
  • "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
• self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
  • "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
• The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

Verb

Verb Forms: reformed, reforming, reforms

• To change something to a better state; to improve.
• make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
  • "reform a political system"
• 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"
• produce by cracking
  • "reform gas"
• break up the molecules of
  • "reform oil"
• improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
  • "reform the health system in this country"
• change for the better
  • "The lazy student promised to reform"
• 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 return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
• To form again or in a new configuration.

Examples

• It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform.
• Major reform is needed to improve the efficiency in the factory.
• The elections need to undergo a serious reform.
• The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack.
• The Words With Friends rules needed to reform to prevent tile-tracking apps.
• This product contains reformed meat.
• to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal

Synonyms

reclaim, rectify, regenerate, see the light, straighten out, amend, amendment, better, correct, correction, improve, mend, rectification, reformation, repair, restore

Related Words

reformation

Anagrams of reform