Definition of reform

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Reform (n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government..

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Reformable :: Reformable (a.) Capable of being reformed.
Preform :: Preform (v. t.) To form beforehand, or for special ends..
Ultraism :: Ultraism (n.) The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like..
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..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..
Irrefromable :: Irrefromable (a.) Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible.
Ultra :: Ultra (a.) Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures..
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..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years..
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation..
Turlupin :: Turlupin (n.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc..
Sacramentarian :: Sacramentarian (n.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
Reformatory :: Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
Radical :: Radical (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party..
Misreform :: Misreform (v. t.) To reform wrongly or imperfectly.
Come-outer :: Come-outer (n.) One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.
Brahmo-somaj :: Brahmo-somaj (n.) A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindoos.
Destructive :: Destructive (n.) One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Albigeois :: Albigeois (n. pl.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..
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