reformation
noun
the act of changing to a better state or character, way of operating, lifestyle, etc.; the correction of abuses and bad habits or practices.
self-reformation
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a word derived from
reformation.
Example Sentences
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The party has embarked on the path of profound self-reformation.
From Time Magazine Archive
In large part, however, the reason he is such a bad student is because he realizes more often and more acutely than most other students—than Hoggart himself—that education requires radical self-reformation.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
If we have so much self-reformation to accomplish as to dissipate our attention, it may be wise to decide which changes are most immediately important and to limit our endeavors at first to those.
From Problems of Conduct by Durant Drake
The house may be emptied of the evil tenant in some measure by our own resolution and self-reformation.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren
But the church was unequal to the work of self-reformation.
From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by James Anthony Froude
