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The Meaning of reform
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. i.) 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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(n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
Synonyms
rectify
,
regenerate
,
straighten out
,
reclaim
,
see the light
,
refine
,
recover
,
right
,
repair
,
tame
,
renew
,
domesticize
,
restore
,
correct
,
domesticise
,
domesticate
,
revitalize
,
amend
,
repossess
,
remedy
,
rejuvenate
,
remediate
,
shed light on
,
disentangle
,
enlighten
,
crystalize
,
clear up
,
crystalise
,
illuminate
,
crystallize
,
iron out
,
sort out
,
square away
,
clear
,
straighten
,
crystallise
,
clean up
,
elucidate
,
unsnarl
,
put right
,
neaten
,
tidy
,
tidy up
,
advance
,
meliorate
,
ameliorate
,
emend
,
mend
,
better
,
improve
,
mitigate
,
cleanse
,
make better
,
purify
Antonyms
aggravate
,
impair
,
spoil
,
vitiate
,
corrupt
,
deteriorate
,
injure
,
debase
,
harm
,
mar
,
tarnish
,
blemish
,
depress
Rhymes
barnstorm
,
brainstorm
,
chloroform
,
coliform
,
conform
,
cuneiform
,
deform
,
disinform
,
dorm
,
firestorm
,
form
,
forme
,
hailstorm
,
horme
,
inform
,
lukewarm
,
misinform
,
norm
,
orme
,
outperform
,
perform
,
platform
,
rainstorm
,
sandstorm
,
schwarm
,
snowstorm
,
storm
,
swarm
,
thunderstorm
,
torme
,
transform
,
underperform
,
uniform
,
warm
,
windstorm