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Quick definitions from WordNet (reform)

▸ noun:  a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses ("Justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts")
▸ noun:  self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice ("The family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform")
▸ noun:  a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices ("The reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians")
▸ verb:  make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices ("Reform a political system")
▸ verb:  improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition ("Reform the health system in this country")
▸ verb:  break up the molecules of ("Reform oil")
▸ verb:  produce by cracking ("Reform gas")
▸ verb:  bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one ("The Church reformed me")
▸ verb:  change for the better ("The lazy student promised to reform")

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