Dictionary Check: reform

"reform" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

Example: "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
noun

a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

Example: "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
noun

self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

Example: "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
verb

make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

Example: "reform a political system"
verb

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

Example: "The Church reformed me"
verb

produce by cracking

Example: "reform gas"

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