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reform
Definition of reform (English)
noun
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a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
- justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
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a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
- the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
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self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
- the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
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Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.sumber: webster1913
verb
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make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- reform a political system
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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
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produce by cracking
- reform gas
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break up the molecules of
- reform oil
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improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- reform the health system in this country
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change for the better
- The lazy student promised to reform
- the habitual cheater finally saw the light
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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.sumber: webster1913
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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.sumber: webster1913
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To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re- form the line after a charge.sumber: webster1913