reform

noun

  1. 1

    a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

    justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts

  2. 2

    self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

    the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform

  3. 3

    a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

    the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians

verb

  1. 1

    change for the better

    The lazy student promised to reform

    the habitual cheater finally saw the light

  2. 2

    make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

    reform a political system

  3. 3

    improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

    reform the health system in this country

  4. 4

    break up the molecules of

    reform oil

  5. 5

    produce by cracking

    reform gas

  6. 6

    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

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