changed man
Someone who's different
A changed man is someone who has undergone significant personal transformation, typically for the better.
The phrase usually follows misconduct or failure—addiction, crime, cruelty—and asserts that the person has reformed: He swears he's a changed man since finding religion.
The claim invites skepticism, as it's often self-declared by those seeking forgiveness or a second chance.
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- redeemedExchanged for worth
- transformedFundamentally changed in nature
- born againSpiritually converted anew
- seen the lightRealized the truth
new leaf · clean slate · salvation · repentant · converted · made amends · rehabilitated · second chance · sober · on the wagon · walked away · awakened · renewal · forgiven · atoned · turnaround · breakthrough · recovery
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
changed manunchanged
Not modified at all
creature of habit · unreformed · unrepentant · static · incorrigible
changed manrepeat offender
Person repeatedly convicted
recidivist · backslider · lost cause · irredeemable · career criminal
changed manfraud
Intentional criminal trickery
fake · con artist · wolf in sheep's clothing · charlatan · hypocrite
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