Synonyms for re-formation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ree-fawrm
Phonetic Transcription : riˈfɔrm

Top 10 synonyms for re-formation Other synonyms for the word re-formation

Définition 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

Antonyms for re-formation

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