reform

/ri-ˈfȯrm/

Middle English, from Anglo-French refurmer, from Latin reformare, from re- + formare to form, from forma form

verb

  1. to put or change into an improved form or condition

  2. to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses

  3. to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action

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. rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.

noun

  1. amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved

  2. removal or correction of errors or of an abuse or a wrong

  3. reform judaism

adjective

  1. relating to or favoring reform

  2. of, relating to, or practicing Reform Judaism

All of the great American reform movements—from civil rights to child-labor laws—started far from Washington, D.C. In state legislatures and town halls …