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
pass the buck
to shift responsibility for something to someone else
Our supervisor always tries to pass the buck if someone tries to criticize his work.