Reform - Definition
reform
n 1: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses;
"justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
2: a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the
reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
3: self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some
vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
v 1: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and
injustices; "reform a political system"
2: 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" [syn: reform, reclaim,
regenerate, rectify]
3: produce by cracking; "reform gas"
4: break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
5: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and
put into a better condition; "reform the health system in
this country"
6: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform";
"the habitual cheater finally saw the light" [syn: reform,
straighten out, see the light]