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(verb) change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform" |
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Synonyms: straighten out |
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Related Words: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, regenerate |
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(noun) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" |
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Related Words: improvement, land reform |
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(noun) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform" |
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Related Words: self-improvement, self-reformation |
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(verb) make reforms in; change for the better; "reform a political system" |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) break up the molecules (of oil or gas) |
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Related Words: change integrity |
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(verb) produce by cracking, of oil or gas |
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Related Words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff |
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(verb) subject to spiritual regeneration |
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Synonyms: regenerate |
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Related Words: convert |
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(noun) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" |
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Related Words: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement |
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