About The Word Reform
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Reform
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What's The Definition Of Reform?
[n] a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
[n] self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform" [n] a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" [v] change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" [v] make reforms in by removing abuse and injustices; "reform a political system" [v] improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country" [v] break up the molecules of ("reform oil") [v] produce by cracking; "reform gas" [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reform: see the light | straighten out Related Terms | Find terms related to Reform: See Also | alter | ameliorate | amend | better | campaign | cause | change | change integrity | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | crusade | drive | effort | improve | improvement | land reform | meliorate | moralisation | moralise | moralization | moralize | movement | regenerate | self-improvement | self-reformation Reform In Webster's Dictionary \Re*form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. [F. r['e]former, L.
reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form.
See {Form}.]
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. 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. [F. r['e]forme.] 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}. |
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