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Reform

rɪˈfɔːm

Reform definitions

verb

Inflections:

reform reformed reforming reforms

make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it

"the Bill will reform the tax system"

Synonyms:
improve make better better ameliorate refine mend rectify correct rehabilitate
- cause (someone) to relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle
  
  "the state has a duty to reform criminals"
- relinquish an immoral, criminal, or self-destructive lifestyle
  
  "it was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform"
subject (hydrocarbons) to a catalytic process in which straight-chain molecules are converted to branched forms for use as petrol