· make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"

Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

· bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

Synonym(s): reclaim, regenerate, rectify

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· produce by cracking; "reform gas"

Hypernym(s): create_from_raw_material, create_from_raw_stuff

· break up the molecules of; "reform oil"

Hypernym(s): change_integrity

· improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"

Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

· change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"

Synonym(s): straighten_out, see_the_light

Hypernym(s): better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

· of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran; "Dutch Reformed theology"

Synonym(s): Reformed

· caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard"