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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.]
Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or
depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of
government.
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{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.]
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Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See
{Reformation}.
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