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
- 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
- ameliorate
- amend
- better
- bring up to code
- change one's ways
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- convert
- correct
- cure
- emend
- go straight
- improve
- make amends
- make over
- mend
- rearrange
- rebuild
- reclaim
- reconstitute
- reconstruct
- redeem
- refashion
- regenerate
- rehabilitate
- remake
- remedy
- remodel
- renew
- renovate
- reorganize
- repair
- resolve
- restore
- revise
- revolutionize
- rework
- shape up
- standardize
- swear off
- transform
- turn over a new leaf
- uplift
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