| noun | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses “justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts” |
| noun | a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices “the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians” |
| noun | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice “the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform” |
| verb | make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices “reform a political system” |
| verb | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one “The Church reformed me” |
| verb | produce by cracking “reform gas” |
| verb | break up the molecules of “reform oil” |
| verb | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition “reform the health system in this country” |
| verb | change for the better “The lazy student promised to reform” |
| reform | verb | improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition |
| reformative | adjective | tending to reform |
| reform | noun | a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices |
| reformist | noun | a disputant who advocates reform |
| reformation | noun | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
| reformer | noun | a disputant who advocates reform |
| reformatory | adjective | tending to reform |
| reclamation | noun | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
| rectification | noun | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |