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English to English noun
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a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses |  | Example: justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
source: wordnet30
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a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | | Example: the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
source: wordnet30
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self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice | | Example: the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
source: wordnet30
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Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices | | Example: reform a political system
source: wordnet30
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bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | | Example: The Church reformed me
reform your conduct
source: wordnet30
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produce by cracking | | Example: reform gas
source: wordnet30
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break up the molecules of | | Example: reform oil
source: wordnet30
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improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition | | Example: reform the health system in this country
source: wordnet30
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change for the better | | Example: The lazy student promised to reform
the habitual cheater finally saw the light
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: 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. | | source: 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. | | source: webster1913
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