1. A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
   "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" 
2. A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
   "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" 
3. Self-improvement in behaviour or morals by abandoning some vice
   "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"

1. Make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
   "reform a political system" 
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"
   - reclaim, regenerate, rectify 
3. Produce by cracking
   "reform gas" 
4. Break up the molecules of
   "reform oil" 
5. Improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
   "reform the health system in this country" 
6. Change for the better
   "The lazy student promised to reform"
   - straighten out, see the light

Derived forms: reforms, reforming, reformed

See also: reformation, reformative, reformer, reformist

Type of: alter, ameliorate, amend, better, campaign, cause, change, change integrity, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, crusade, drive, effort, improve, improvement, meliorate, modify, movement, self-improvement, self-reformation

Encyclopedia: Reform, AL Reform Reform, Alabama Reform, Al

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