'Reform' definitions:
Definition of 'reform'
(from WordNet)
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"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify]
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"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" [syn: reform, straighten out, see the light]
Definition of 'Reform'
From: GCIDE
- Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. [1913 Webster]
- Civil service reform. See under Civil.
- Reform acts (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in
- 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament.
- Reform school, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See Reformation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reform'
From: GCIDE
- Reform \Re*form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. [F. r['e]former, L. reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form. See Form.] To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals. [1913 Webster]
- The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better; improve; restore; reclaim. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reform'
From: GCIDE
- Reform \Re*form"\, v. i. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reform'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodate,
- accommodation,
- acculturate,
- adapt,
- adaptation,
- adjust,
- adjustment,
- advance,
- alter,
- alteration,
- ameliorate,
- amelioration,
- amend,
- amendment,
- apologize,
- apostasy,
- beg pardon,
- better,
- betterment,
- bleach,
- boost,
- bowdlerize,
- break,
- break up,
- bring forward,
- change,
- change of allegiance,
- change of heart,
- change of mind,
- changeableness,
- civilize,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse,
- clear out,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- convert,
- correct,
- correction,
- defection,
- deform,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- delouse,
- denature,
- depurate,
- deterge,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversify,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- do penance,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- emend,
- emendation,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- expurgate,
- extremism,
- Fabianism,
- fatten,
- favor,
- fit,
- fitting,
- fix,
- flip-flop,
- forward,
- foster,
- freshen,
- give back,
- give salvation,
- go straight,
- gradual change,
- gradualism,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- improvement,
- lard,
- lift,
- lustrate,
- make an improvement,
- meliorate,
- melioration,
- meliorism,
- mend,
- mitigate,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modify,
- modulate,
- modulation,
- mutate,
- new birth,
- new-model,
- nurture,
- overthrow,
- place in,
- plead guilty,
- progressivism,
- promote,
- purge,
- purify,
- put back,
- qualification,
- qualify,
- radical change,
- radical reform,
- radicalism,
- raise,
- re-create,
- re-creation,
- re-form,
- reactivate,
- realign,
- realignment,
- rebirth,
- rebuild,
- reclaim,
- reclamation,
- reconstitute,
- reconstruct,
- reconvert,
- recover,
- recovery,
- recrudescence,
- recruit,
- rectification,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- redemption,
- redesign,
- redo,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refashion,
- refill,
- refine upon,
- refit,
- reformation,
- reformism,
- regenerate,
- regeneration,
- rehabilitate,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- remake,
- remaking,
- remedy,
- remodel,
- renascence,
- renew,
- renewal,
- renovate,
- renovation,
- reorganization,
- reorganize,
- repair,
- repent,
- replace,
- replenish,
- reshape,
- reshaping,
- restore,
- restore self-respect,
- restructure,
- restructuring,
- return,
- revamp,
- reversal,
- revest,
- revise,
- revisionism,
- revival,
- revive,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- revolutionize,
- ring the changes,
- save,
- scavenge,
- set straight,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- socialize,
- spruce,
- steam-clean,
- straighten out,
- subvert,
- sudden change,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- switch,
- think better of,
- tidy,
- total change,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- transformation,
- transition,
- turn,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- turnabout,
- upgrade,
- upheaval,
- uplift,
- utopianism,
- variation,
- variety,
- vary,
- violent change,
- whiten,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up,
- work a change,
- worsen,
- worsening
Reform, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Reform, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000) :
1978
Housing Units (2000) :
925
Land area (2000) :
8.042385 sq. miles (20.829681 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.028421 sq. miles (0.073611 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
8.070806 sq. miles (20.903292 sq. km)
FIPS code :
64104
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
33.380835 N, 88.015022 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
35481
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Reform'
- Reformable,
- Reformalize,
- Reformation,
- Reformative,
- Reformed,
- Reformer,
- Reformly,
- reformism,
- Reform acts,
- Reform school,
- Reform, AL,
- Reformed Presbyterians,
- counter reformation,
- land reform,
- protestant reformation,
- reform jew,
- reform judaism,
- reform movement,
- social reformer,
- Civil Service Reform,
- evangelical and reformed church,
- reform-minded,
- self-reformation,
- birth-control reformer