reformability
Capacity for improvement
Reformability is the capacity to be reformed or changed for the better.
The term appears most often in discussions of criminal justice, where it concerns whether offenders can be rehabilitated: The parole board considered his reformability.
It also applies to institutions or systems: Critics questioned the reformability of the agency.
Capacity to be adjusted
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- versatilityCapacity for varied applications
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
- reconfigurabilityCapacity to be reshaped
alterability · amendability · customizability · configurability · tunability · scalability
Capacity for being fixed
- reparabilityCapacity to be mended
- fixabilityPotential to be repaired
- perfectibilityCapacity to become flawless
- improvabilityPotential for enhancement
Ability to change shape
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
adaptability · moldability · workability · suppleness · elasticity · bendability · formability · compliance
Capacity for fundamental change
- renewabilityCapacity for replenishment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- reconstitutionRestoring original form
Maximum amount containable
- possibilityState of being achievable
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- promiseCommitment to act
- latencyDelay in system response
readiness · susceptibility · openness · receptivity · amenability · conduciveness · predisposition · incipience
modifiability
Capacity to be adjusted
- adjustabilityCapacity for alteration
- versatilityCapacity for varied applications
- convertibilityCapacity for free exchange
reconfigurability · alterability · amendability · customizability · configurability · tunability · scalability
correctability
Capacity for being fixed
- reparabilityCapacity to be mended
- fixabilityPotential to be repaired
- perfectibilityCapacity to become flawless
plasticity
Ability to change shape
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- malleabilityCapacity for deformation without breaking
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
pliability · adaptability · moldability · workability · suppleness · elasticity · bendability · formability · compliance · tractability
transformability
Capacity for fundamental change
- renewabilityCapacity for replenishment
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- reconstitutionRestoring original form
capacity
Maximum amount containable
- possibilityState of being achievable
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- promiseCommitment to act
latency · readiness · susceptibility · openness · receptivity · amenability · conduciveness · predisposition · incipience
reformabilityunchangeableness
Quality of staying constant
immutability · fixedness · rigidity · inflexibility · permanence
reformabilityincorrigibility
Inability to be reformed
intransigence · intractability · obduracy · stubbornness · recalcitrance
reform, transform, reformed, reformer, reforms, reforming, reformation, reformist, deformation