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reform
 
Noun reform has 3 senses
  1. reform - a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
    --1 is a kind of     improvement
    --1 has particulars: land reform; moralization, moralisation; housecleaning
    Derived forms: verb reform5, verb reform1
  2. reform - a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
    --2 is a kind of     campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
    Derived form: verb reform1
  3. reform - self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
    --3 is a kind of     self-improvement, self-reformation
    Derived forms: verb reform6, verb reform2
Verb reform has 6 senses
  1. reform - make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
    --1 is one way to     better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived forms: noun reform2, noun reform1, noun reformist1, noun reformation3, noun reformer1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify - bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun reform3, noun reformist1, noun reformation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. reform - produce by cracking; "reform gas"
    --3 is one way to     create from raw material, create from raw stuff
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. reform - break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
    --4 is one way to     change integrity
    Derived form: noun reformer2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. reform - improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
    --5 is one way to     better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived forms: noun reform1, noun reformist1, noun reformation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. reform, straighten out, see the light - change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
    --6 is one way to better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived forms: noun reform3, noun reformation3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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