reform

Noun

• self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice
  • the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform
    

• a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
  • the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians
    

• a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
  • justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts
    

Verb

• change for the better
  • The lazy student promised to reform
    
  • the habitual cheater finally saw the light
    

• improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
  • reform the health system in this country
    

• break up the molecules of
  • reform oil
    

• produce by cracking
  • reform gas
    

• bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
  • The Church reformed me
    
  • reform your conduct
    

• make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
  • reform a political system
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  straighten out , see the light , reclaim , regenerate , rectify