Main entry: reform
Definition: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
Usage: justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
Main entry: reform
Definition: self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
Usage: the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
Main entry: reform
Definition: a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
Usage: the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
Main entry: reform, see the light, straighten out
Definition: change for the better
Usage: The lazy student promised to reform; the habitual cheater finally saw the light
Main entry: reform
Definition: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
Usage: reform a political system
Main entry: reform
Definition: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
Usage: reform the health system in this country
Main entry: reform
Definition: break up the molecules of
Usage: reform oil
Main entry: reform
Definition: produce by cracking
Usage: reform gas
Main entry: reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate
Definition: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Usage: The Church reformed me; reform your conduct