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reformverb to make better in behavior or charactervolunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems habilitate, reclaim, redeem, regenerate, rehabilitate reeducateamend, improve, refinecleanse, purify, restore abase, canker, corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, lower, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, warp to change one's behavior or character for the bettera man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work amend, mend, shape up, straighten (up or out) behave, regeneratebetter, improve clean up one's act backslide, regress to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations fromhe had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him amend, correct, debug, emend, rectify, red-pencil, remedy redraft, redraw, restyle, revise, rework, rewriteblue-pencil, cut, shortenredress, rightameliorate, better, improveperfect, polish, touch upfix, mend, repairadjust, modulate, regulatealter, change, modify damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoilaggravate, worsen correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, revise mean to make right what is wrong.correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects.correct your spelling rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.rectify a misguided policy emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript.emend a text remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil.set out to remedy the evils of the world redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance.redress past social injustices amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changesamend a law , reform implying drastic changeplans to reform the court system , and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes.revise the schedule in the 14th century |