reform
noun
the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc..
reformable
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a word derived from
reform.
Example Sentences
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I say “enforced” because bureaucracies are man-made and, with sufficient political will, reformable.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Fred Rose in St. Vincent de Paul, near Montreal; the others in Kingston Penitentiary, where all are rated as "reformable" under the prison grading system.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trial simply corroborated the Berrigans' suspicion that society was not reformable from within.
From Time Magazine Archive
Irreformable, ir-re-for′ma-bl, adj. not reformable, not subject to revision or improvement.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
If he is reformable he takes the lesson, and very likely becomes excellent friends with those who "drew" him.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
