Definition of reform

"reform" in the noun sense

1. reform

a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

"justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"

2. reform

a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

"the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"

3. reform

self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

"the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"

"reform" in the verb sense

1. reform

make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

"reform a political system"

2. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify

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"

3. reform

produce by cracking

"reform gas"

4. reform

break up the molecules of

"reform oil"

5. reform

improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

"reform the health system in this country"

6. reform, straighten out, see the light

change for the better

"The lazy student promised to reform"

"the habitual cheater finally saw the light"

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Quotations for reform

True repentance also involves reform. [ Hosea Ballou ]

Reform, like charity, must begin at home. [ Carlyle ]

Seek not to reform every one's dial by your watch. [ Proverb ]

It is easier to bear with what is amiss, than go about to reform it. [ Proverb ]

The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism; as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking. [ Colton ]

Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which selfrighteously sees more to reform outside of itself than in itself. [ J. G. Holland ]

Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. That nation cannot be free, where reform is a common hack, that is dismissed with a kick the moment it has brought its rider to his place. [ Colton ]

reform in Scrabble®

The word reform is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters reform:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word reform

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reform in Words With Friends™

The word reform is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters reform:

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Words within the letters of reform

2 letter words in reform (6 words)

3 letter words in reform (7 words)

4 letter words in reform (4 words)

5 letter words in reform (1 word)

6 letter words in reform (Anagrams) (2 words)

reform + 1 blank (5 words)

Word Growth involving reform

Shorter words in reform

or for form

ef ref

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Longer words containing reform

antireform antireformed

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