reform

/ɹɪfˈɔːm/

/ɹəˈfɔɹm/, /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/

Reform

a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

to reform

MAIN VERB

to make a society, law, system, or organization better or more effective by making many changes to it

break up the molecules of

produce by cracking

change for the better

bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

synonyms : reclaim

improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

Examples

1. The laws were reformed root and branch.

2. These reforms will produce little change.

3. The reforms served as a model for the rest of the Communist world.

4. Efforts at reform seem to come in fits and starts.