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▸ 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")
▸ Also see reforms
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▸ 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")
▸ Also see reforms
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to reform
▸ Usage examples for reform
▸ Idioms related to reform (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing reform
▸ Words that often appear near reform
▸ Rhymes of reform
▸ Invented words related to reform