reform

(n) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
- justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
(n) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
- the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
(n) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
- the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform

(v) make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- reform a political system
(v) 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
reclaim, rectify, regenerate,
(v) produce by cracking
- reform gas
(v) break up the molecules of
- reform oil
(v) improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- reform the health system in this country
(v) change for the better
- The lazy student promised to reform
- the habitual cheater finally saw the light
see the light, straighten out,

reclaim rectify regenerate see the light straighten out

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