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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