to reform

Examples

• All

• Based on my earlier work with him, I don't think he's dangerous... ...and I think he's making a strong effort to reform himself.

  Analyze That (2002)

• That is why I want you to reform me.

  The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

• And we're trying to, to to reform you as well as to house you.

• Yeah, we reform them when they get too far off.

• We have the power in order to reform the course by holding people in power accountable.

• Unfortunately, we're here to reform the police force, not hunt for war criminals.

  The Hunting Party (2007)

• So he was trying to bring the, he was trying to reform Judaism, not destroy Judaism.

• You need to reform yourself before you can think about reforming others.

• He just needs to reform his character, for a man's character is his destiny.

  The Lost City (2005)

• She decided to reform her habits and start exercising regularly.

Synonyms

R

to regenerate

vsto reform

• Formal

1 7.2

Help a person change to a better, more responsible life

focuses on broad behavior change rather than spiritual renewal

R

to reclaim

vsto reform

1 5.3

To persuade someone to leave a harmful life and live better

is achieved by various means rather than only by persuading

Antonyms

C

to corrupt

108 4.5

To make someone act dishonestly, often by giving them money

D

to degrade

29 5.1

To treat someone so they feel ashamed or less respected

Compounds

E

education reform

29 3.6

Changes to the school system that make teaching and learning better

H

healthcare reform

16 3.4

Changes to make a country's health care system better and help more people get care

R

reform school

• Archaic

12 6.8

A school where young people who break the law learn rules and work skills

R

reform movement

11 3.9

A group of people working together to make social or political change

L

land reform

6 4.2

Government action that takes farm land from large owners and gives it to small farmers

R

Reform Judaism

2 5.0

A modern branch of Judaism that treats tradition in a more open, flexible way to fit modern life

R

Reform Jew

1 5.5

A person who follows a modern, more liberal form of Judaism

C

counter-reform

1 7.4

An action that opposes and undoes earlier changes

P

pre-reform

1 6.1

The time before a big change

C

counter-reform

7.2

Opposing reforms to bring back older rules

How Reformed

to redeem

64 6.1

to rehabilitate

49 5.3

to reform

20 4.4

to discipline

91 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology