Antonyms for reform

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-fawrm

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɔrm

Definition of reform

Origin : c.1300, "to convert into another and better form," from Old French reformer "rebuild, reconstruct, recreate" (12c.), from Latin reformare "to form again, change, transform, alter," from re- "again" (see re-) + formare "to form" (see form (n.)). Intransitive sense from 1580s.
Meaning "to bring (a person) away from an evil course of life" is recorded from early 15c.; of governments, institutions, etc., from early 15c. Related: Reformed; reforming. Reformed churches (1580s) usually are Calvinist as opposed to Lutheran. Reformed Judaism (1843) is a movement initiated in Germany by Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Reform school is attested from 1859.

verb correct, rectify

Example sentences :

This was in part owing to the readjustment of seats according to the Reform Bill.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

With the year 1869 Mr. Gladstone entered upon a great period of Reform.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

He told her that certain responsibilities were hers, but that she could not reform the world.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Many were the efforts to reform the abuses which crept into the monastic houses.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

The book was timely and told efficiently on the reform in this country.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

Now a mint was set up in Eden Vale, and the coinage underwent a reform.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

If every one would see To his own reformation, How very easily You might reform a nation.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

A reform with regard to umbrellas has lately been attempted.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various

If we have evolved the wrong women and men, then any reform of marriage is vain.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

All the facts seem to me to point in another direction for reform.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

Synonyms for reform

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