REFORM

/ɹɪˈfɔːm/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. noun a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses.
  2. noun a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices.
  3. noun self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice.
  4. verb make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices.
  5. verb bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. — synonyms: reclaim, regenerate, rectify
  6. verb produce by cracking.
  7. verb break up the molecules of.
  8. verb improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition.
  9. verb change for the better. — synonyms: straighten_out, see_the_light

Examples

  • “A major reform is needed to improve the efficiency in the factory.”
  • “1909, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly Chapter 9”
  • “It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform.”

Anagrams of REFORM

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