Definition of reform

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Reform (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..

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Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant..
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..
Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform..
Ultraism :: Ultraism (n.) The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind..
Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Lollard :: Lollard (n.) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault..
Classis :: Classis (n.) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church..
Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.
Liberal :: Liberal (n.) One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig..
Reformly :: Reformly (adv.) In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.
Reformer :: Reformer (n.) One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses..
Kirk :: Kirk (n.) A church or the church, in the various senses of the word; esp., the Church of Scotland as distinguished from other reformed churches, or from the Roman Catholic Church..
Reformado :: Reformado (v. t.) A monk of a reformed order.
Farse :: Farse (n.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation..
Come-outer :: Come-outer (n.) One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.
Volow :: Volow (v. t.) To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.
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