reforms
Changes for better
Reforms are changes made to improve something, typically an institution, law, or practice that is seen as flawed or outdated.
The word carries connotations of correction and progress: healthcare reforms, prison reforms, economic reforms.
As a verb, reforms means either to make such improvements or to abandon bad behavior and adopt better ways: He reformed after his time in jail.
A reformed person or institution has undergone significant positive change.
Official enactment of statutes
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- policyAdopted principle of action
governance · bills · provisions · enactment · decriminalization · legalization · ordinances · advocacy
Rearranging an existing framework
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
governance · accountability · transparency · bureaucratic · administrative · decentralization · consolidation · efficiency
Of public revenue
- monetaryOf or about currency
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
privatization · deregulation · liberalization · trade · tariffs · subsidies · redistribution · budgetary
Same status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- inclusionBeing made part
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- educationSystematic development of mind
healthcare · labor · suffrage · emancipation · abolition · desegregation · feminism · activism
Root-indicating symbol
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- systemicAffecting an entire structure
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
far-reaching · fundamental · drastic · overhaul · landmark · historic · bold · ambitious
Proceeding by small additions
- phasedIntroduced or removed incrementally
- piecemealIn separate stages
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
cautious · moderate · pragmatic · evolutionary · transitional · pilot · trial · adjustment
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
policy · governance · bills · provisions · enactment · decriminalization · legalization · ordinances · advocacy · lobbying
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
streamlining · governance · accountability · transparency · bureaucratic · administrative · decentralization · consolidation · efficiency · professionalization
fiscal
Of public revenue
- monetaryOf or about currency
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
stimulus · privatization · deregulation · liberalization · trade · tariffs · subsidies · redistribution · budgetary · market
equality
Same status for all
education · healthcare · labor · suffrage · emancipation · abolition · desegregation · feminism · activism · grassroots
radical
Root-indicating symbol
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- systemicAffecting an entire structure
revolutionary · far-reaching · fundamental · drastic · overhaul · landmark · historic · bold · ambitious · groundbreaking
incremental
Proceeding by small additions
- phasedIntroduced or removed incrementally
- piecemealIn separate stages
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
measured · cautious · moderate · pragmatic · evolutionary · transitional · pilot · trial · adjustment · fine-tuning
- Institutional Historymission statements, bylaws, archives, annual reports, board minutes
- human achievementsinventions, discoveries, monuments, art, architecture
- legacybequest, inheritance, heirloom, heritage, tradition
- project managementproject, project manager, task, tasks, deadline
reformsmaintains
Keeps in condition
preserves · conserves · status quo · keeps · retains
reformsworsens
Becomes less favorable
degrades · corrupts · damages · deteriorates · undermines
reformsrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
overthrows · abolishes · tears down · razes · upheaval
- 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
reform, reformed, reformer, reforming, reformation, reformers, reformatory, reformative, preform