Reform
Re*form"
, n. [F. rforme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.[1913 Webster]
Civil service reform. See under Civil. --
Reform acts
(Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. --
Reform school, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits.
[U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See Reformation.
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