reform
Change for better
Reform means to change something for the better, typically by correcting flaws or abuses.
Institutions reform their practices, individuals reform their behavior.
A reform is such a change: prison reform, tax reform, health care reform.
A reformed person has abandoned bad habits: a reformed smoker.
Reform can also mean to form again or reshape: The band reformed after a decade apart.
To make different
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revampRestructure extensively
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
upgrade · revision · adjustment · modification · enhancement · refinement · optimization · renovation
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- governmentAuthority over a state
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- lawBinding principle or regulation
bill · act · statute · amendment · constitution · mandate · directive · governance
Confinement for offenders
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- paroleConditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
incarceration · sentencing · juvenile · correctional · reentry · detention · inmate · restorative
Recovery or moral restoration
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
atonement · amends · turnaround · renewal · self-improvement · abstinence · conversion · restitution
Change in position
- activismDirect effort for reform
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- justiceFair treatment under law
- equalitySame status for all
rights · suffrage · abolition · temperance · grassroots · crusade · humanitarian · civil
Rearrange fundamental organization
- reorganizeArrange again differently
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- modernizeMake contemporary
- revampRestructure extensively
streamline · update · audit · accountability · governance · bureaucracy · administration · management
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
fiscal · monetary · structural · market · trade · subsidy · tariff · budget
change
To make different
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revampRestructure extensively
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
modernization · upgrade · revision · adjustment · modification · enhancement · refinement · optimization · renovation · renewal
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- governmentAuthority over a state
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
law · bill · act · statute · amendment · constitution · mandate · directive · governance · administration
prison
Confinement for offenders
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- paroleConditional early release
probation · incarceration · sentencing · juvenile · correctional · reentry · detention · inmate · restorative · diversion
redemption
Recovery or moral restoration
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
repentance · atonement · amends · turnaround · renewal · self-improvement · abstinence · conversion · restitution · changed
movement
Change in position
equality · rights · suffrage · abolition · temperance · grassroots · crusade · humanitarian · civil · emancipation
restructure
Rearrange fundamental organization
- reorganizeArrange again differently
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- modernizeMake contemporary
revamp · streamline · update · audit · accountability · governance · bureaucracy · administration · management · efficiency
deregulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
taxation · fiscal · monetary · structural · market · trade · subsidy · tariff · budget · deficit
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- innovateinnovate, modernize, revolutionize, overhaul, reinvent
- institutional actionspolicy change, audit, investigation, mandate, decree
- Personal Changerepent, turn over a new leaf, straighten up, improve, rehabilitate
- speech topicspersuasion, debate, motivation, eulogy, politics
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
reformrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
overthrow · radical transformation · upheaval · coup · insurrection
reformconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
reaction · conserve · preserve · preservation · stasis
- political reformAltering governmental structures or practices
- reform schoolInstitution for young offenders
- pension reformChanging retirement payment systems
- social reformerAdvocate for societal change
- Reform JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement
- court reformAltering judicial system structure
reformed, reformer, reforms, reforming, reformation, reformist, reformers, reformable, reformism