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reform

Definition of reform (English)

noun

  1. a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
    • justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
    sumber: wordnet30
  2. a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
    • the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
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  3. self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
    • the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
    sumber: wordnet30
  4. Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
    sumber: webster1913

verb

  1. make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
    • reform a political system
    sumber: wordnet30
  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
    sumber: wordnet30
  3. produce by cracking
    • reform gas
    sumber: wordnet30
  4. break up the molecules of
    • reform oil
    sumber: wordnet30
  5. 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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  6. change for the better
    • The lazy student promised to reform
    • the habitual cheater finally saw the light
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  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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