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Meaning of reform

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reform
      n 1: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses;
           "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"
      2: a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the
         reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
      3: self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some
         vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
      v 1: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and
           injustices; "reform a political system"
      2: 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" [syn: {reform}, {reclaim},
         {regenerate}, {rectify}]
      3: produce by cracking; "reform gas"
      4: break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
      5: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and
         put into a better condition; "reform the health system in
         this country"
      6: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform";
         "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" [syn: {reform},
         {straighten out}, {see the light}]

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