| Definitions of 'reform' |
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1. (noun) reform
a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
"justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
2. (noun) reform
a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
"the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
3. (verb) reform
self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
"the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
4. (verb) reform
make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
"reform a political system"
5. (verb) reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
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"
6. (verb) reform
produce by cracking
"reform gas"
7. (verb) reform
break up the molecules of
"reform oil"
8. (verb) reform
improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
"reform the health system in this country"
9. (verb) reform, straighten out, see the light
change for the better
"The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
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| Definitions of 'reform' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) reform
amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government
2. (verb) reform
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
3. (verb) reform
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
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