1.a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses;
justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
2.a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices;
the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
3.self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice;
the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
1.make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices;
reform a political system
2.bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;
The Church reformed me
3.produce by cracking;
reform gas
4.break up the molecules of;
reform oil
5.improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition;
reform the health system in this country
6.change for the better;
The lazy student promised to reform