Definition of reform
- v. t. - 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 amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate
man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.
- v. i. - To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own
character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom
reform.
- n. - Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or
depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.