1. to put or change into an improved form or condition
2. to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses
3. to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action
4. to induce or cause to abandon evil ways
reform a drunkard
5. to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking
6. to produce (gasoline, gas, etc.) by cracking
7. to become changed for the better
8. amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved
9. removal or correction of errors or of an abuse or a wrong
10. reform judaism
11. relating to or favoring reform
All of the great American reform movements—from civil rights to child-labor laws—started far from Washington, D.C. In state legislatures and town halls …
— William Greider
12. of, relating to, or practicing Reform Judaism
Reform Jews, by the end of the nineteenth century, had adopted the custom of rising to their feet to pronounce the Shema in unison.
— Jonathan D. Sarna
13. to form again
14. to take form again
the ice re-formed on the lake
15. to improve (someone or something) by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.
16. to improve your own behavior or habits
17. the improvement of something by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.
18. an action, plan, rule, etc., that is meant to improve something
19. to form (something) again
20. to make better or improve by removal of faults
The program reforms prisoners. The law should be reformed.
21. to stop engaging in bad habits or behavior
He promised to reform.
22. the improvement of something by removing faults or problems
political reform
23. to put (a writing) into a corrected form that more accurately reflects the agreement of the parties
allows a writing signed by mistake to be reformed
— W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al. — compare ratify
24. to induce or cause to abandon wrongful or harmful ways
a reformed drug dealer