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The Meaning of reform

  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (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