reform

Meanings

Noun

• The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

Verb

• To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better
• To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits
• To form again or in a new configuration.

Related

Similar words

• reformation
• amendment
• rectification
• correction
• amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim

Origin

• From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.