Definitions of reform:

• noun:   a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

  Example: "Justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts"

• noun:   self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

  Example: "The family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"

• noun:   a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

  Example: "The reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"

• verb:   make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

  Example: "Reform a political system"

• verb:   improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

  Example: "Reform the health system in this country"

• verb:   break up the molecules of

  Example: "Reform oil"

• verb:   produce by cracking

  Example: "Reform gas"

• verb:   bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

  Example: "The Church reformed me"

• verb:   change for the better

  Example: "The lazy student promised to reform"