n.
1.a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
2.a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices
3.self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice reform v.
1.make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
2.bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
3.produce by cracking
4.break up the molecules of
5.improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
6.change for the better
Idiom of the Day
turn the clock back
to return to an earlier period
The politician wanted to turn the clock back to an earlier time but everyone knew it was impossible.