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reformer Definition


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reform
verb reformed, reforming
    1. To improve or remove faults from (a person, behaviour, etc).
      Thesaurus: revise, amend, reorganize, remodel, reconstruct, rearrange, repair, transform, ameliorate, rectify, better, improve, correct, cure.
    2. To improve (a law, institution, etc) by making changes or corrections to it.
    intr
    3. To give up bad habits; to improve one's behaviour, etc.
      Form: reform oneself (also)
    4. To stop or abolish (misconduct, an abuse, etc).
noun
    1. A correction or improvement, especially in some social or political system.
      Thesaurus: correction, improvement, rectification, amelioration, amendment, betterment, change.
    2. Improvement in one's behaviour or morals.
Derivative: reformability
noun
    Derivative: reformable
    adj
      Derivative: reformative
      adj
        Derivative: reformer
          Someone who reforms.
          historical
          One of those who took part in the Reformation of the 16c.
        Etymology: 14c: from Latin reformare to form again.



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