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reform
[ ri-fawrm ]
noun
- the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.:
social reform; spelling reform.
Synonyms: amelioration, betterment, reformation, correction
Antonyms: deterioration
- an instance of this.
- the amendment of conduct, belief, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to change to a better state, form, etc.; improve by alteration, substitution, abolition, etc.
Synonyms: restore, repair, ameliorate, emend, amend, correct, rectify, better
- to cause (a person) to abandon wrong or evil ways of life or conduct.
- to put an end to (abuses, disorders, etc.).
- Chemistry. to subject to the process of reforming, as in refining petroleum.
verb (used without object)
- to abandon evil conduct or error:
The drunkard promised to reform.
adjective
- (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of Reform Jews or Reform Judaism:
a Reform rabbi.
reform
/ rɪˈfɔːm /
verb
- tr to improve (an existing institution, law, practice, etc) by alteration or correction of abuses
- to give up or cause to give up a reprehensible habit or immoral way of life
- chem to change the molecular structure of (a hydrocarbon) to make it suitable for use as petrol by heat, pressure, and the action of catalysts
noun
- an improvement or change for the better, esp as a result of correction of legal or political abuses or malpractices
- a principle, campaign, or measure aimed at achieving such change
- improvement of morals or behaviour, esp by giving up some vice
Derived Forms
- reˈformable, adjective
- reˈformative, adjective
- reˈformer, noun
Other Words From
- re·forma·ble adjective
- re·forma·bili·ty re·forma·ble·ness noun
- re·forma·tive adjective
- re·forma·tive·ly adverb
- re·forma·tive·ness noun
- re·forming·ly adverb
- anti·re·form adjective
- misre·form verb
- prere·form adjective
- prore·form adjective
- self-re·form noun
- super·re·form noun verb (used with object)
- unre·forma·ble adjective
- unre·forma·tive adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of reform1
Example Sentences
But failing that, he advised pro-immigration reform Republican candidates such as former Gov. Jeb Bush to just skip the state.
There, many minority parents supported Tom Torklarson, who favored the education reform agenda.
It was a Republican Congress working with a Democratic president that succeeded in passing the welfare reform bill the first time.
Sometimes politicians oppose reform for nefarious reasons—to protect a special interest or a major donor, for example.
Sorkin may not have won his fight, ostensibly to reform the news.
He would impeach all his partners, acknowledge his errors, and promise once more to reform.
We may apply to it with advantage the spectacles of social reform, but what the socialist offers us is total blindness.
In its essential nature socialism is nothing but a proposal for certain kinds of economic reform.
One naturally asks, then, To what extent can social reform penetrate into the ordinary operation of industry itself?
The shortening of the general hours of work, then, should be among the primary aims of social reform.
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