Antonyms for re-formation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-fawrm

Phonetic Transcription : riˈfɔrm

Definition of re-formation

Origin : early 15c., from re- + formation.

As in improvement : noun bettering; something bettered
As in redress : noun help, compensation
As in repair : noun restoration, fixing
As in revolution : noun drastic action or change, often in politics
As in reconstruction : noun rebuilding
As in recovery : noun the act of returning to normal
As in reformation : noun the act of reforming
As in reformation : noun the state of being reformed
As in rehabilitation : noun restoration
As in renewal : noun recurrence
As in restoration : noun the act of restoring
As in melioration : noun improvement
As in metanoia : noun conversion
As in refurbishment : noun renewal
As in regeneration : noun conversion
As in resumption : noun renewal
As in revampment : noun renewal
As in conversion : noun change, adaptation
As in correction : noun discipline
As in alteration : noun change
As in amendment : noun correction, improvement

Example sentences :

The Windover word for what had happened to Job was re-formation.
Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

They are not motionless, but in constant vibration and re-formation, like smoke drifts.
Extract from : « Ghosts I Have Seen » by Violet Tweedale

The study of its re-formation has added to our knowledge of the regeneration of animal tissue.
Extract from : « The Ranidae » by Unknown

The presidential campaign of the following summer, 1856, showed a striking disintegration and re-formation of political groups.
Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. » by John T. Morse

I had next to determine whether aught remained to indicate the period of its re-formation.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Betsey » by Hugh Miller

This is the way in which astronomers now generally conceive the destruction and re-formation of worlds.
Extract from : « The Story of Evolution » by Joseph McCabe

But a cavalry charge has to end in a re-formation, and that is the instant of danger if any unbroken enemy remains within range.
Extract from : « The Great Boer War » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The true period of the re-formation of the deposit was, I can have no doubt, that of the boulder-clay.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Betsey » by Hugh Miller

It abolished tithes and the religious orders, and forbade the re-formation of the latter in the future.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 » by Various

Synonyms for re-formation

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