Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reform \Re*form"\, v. i.
   To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own
   character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will
   seldom reform.

Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.]
   Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or
   depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of
   government.

   {Civil service reform}. See under {Civil}.

   {Reform acts} (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in
      1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular
      representation in Parliament.

   {Reform school}, a school established by a state or city
      government, for the confinement, instruction, and
      reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of
      idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]

   Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See
        {Reformation}.

Reform \Re*form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. [F. r['e]former, L.
   reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form.
   See {Form}.]
   To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore
   to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change
   from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a
   profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.

         The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an
         age; but that of a good one will not reform it.
                                                  --Swift.

   Syn: To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better;
        improve; restore; reclaim.

Source : WordNet®

reform
     n 1: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses;
          "justice was for sale before the reform of the law
          courts"
     2: a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the
        reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
     3: self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some
        vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"

reform
     v 1: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and
          injustices; "reform a political system"
     2: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of
        life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed
        me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: {reclaim}, {regenerate},
        {rectify}]
     3: produce by cracking; "reform gas"
     4: break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
     5: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and
        put into a better condition; "reform the health system in
        this country"
     6: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to
        reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
        [syn: {straighten out}, {see the light}]