REFORM
Scrabble letter values: R1E1F4O1R1M3 = 11
Definition
- noun a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses.
- noun a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices.
- noun self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice.
- verb make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices.
- verb bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. — synonyms: reclaim, regenerate, rectify
- verb produce by cracking.
- verb break up the molecules of.
- verb improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition.
- verb change for the better. — synonyms: straighten_out, see_the_light
Examples
- “justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts”
- “the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians”
- “the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform”