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Meaning of 'reform' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reform [ n.]
- Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
2 . Reform [ v. i.]
- 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.
3 . Reform [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'reform' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reform [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
Example in sentence:
  • justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
Meaning (2):
- self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
Example in sentence:
  • the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
Meaning (3):
- a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
Example in sentence:
  • the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
4 . reform [ v]
Meaning (4):
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
Example in sentence:
  • reform a political system
Meaning (5):
- produce by cracking
Example in sentence:
  • reform gas
Meaning (6):
- break up the molecules of
Example in sentence:
  • reform oil
Meaning (7):
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
Example in sentence:
  • reform the health system in this country
Meaning (8):
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Example in sentence:
  • reform your conduct;
  • The Church reformed me
Meaning (9):
- change for the better
Example in sentence:
  • the habitual cheater finally saw the light;
  • The lazy student promised to reform

Nearby Words:

refaction refar refashion refashionment refasten refect refection refective refectories refectory

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