reform /ri-förmˈ/

1. To transform
2. To restore, rebuild (Milton)
3. To amend
4. To make better
5. To remove defects from
6. To redress
7. To bring to a better way of life
8. To chastise (Spenser)
9. To prune (Milton)
10. To break up in reorganization, hence to disband, dismiss (military historical)

To abandon evil ways

1. Amendment or transformation, esp of a system or institution
2. A stricter offshoot or branch of a religious order
3. An extension or better distribution of parliamentary representation

reformabilˈity noun

reformˈable /-ri-/ adjective

reformation /ref-ər-māˈshən/ noun

1. The act of reforming
2. Amendment
3. Improvement
4. (with cap) the great religious revolution of the 16c, which gave rise to the various evangelical or Protestant organizations of Christendom

reformāˈtional adjective

reformāˈtionist noun

reformative /ri-förmˈə-tiv/ adjective

Tending to produce reform

reformˈatory adjective

1. Reforming
2. Tending to produce reform

In the UK and USA, formerly, an institution for reclaiming young delinquents

reformedˈ adjective

1. Changed
2. Amended
3. Improved
4. (with cap) Protestant, esp Calvinistic, in doctrine or polity

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