## Meanings
1. To change a system, law, or organization to make it better and fairer.
2. A change made to improve a system and remove problems or unfairness.
3. To change your behavior and become a better person.

## Examples
- The government promised to reform the tax system.
- The reforms we proposed were too radical for the politicians.
- The lazy student promised to reform.

## Derived Forms
- counterreform
- misreform
- reformability
- reformable
- reformate
- reformee
- reformer
- rereform
- unreformability

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reformen
- Root: reformer
- Root: reformo
- Root: réforme

## Etymology
From Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.

## AI Etymology
Reform comes from Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme. Modern senses include to change a system, law, or organization to make it better and fairer. and a change made to improve a system and remove problems or unfairness.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as counterreform, misreform, reformability, reformable, reformate, and reformee.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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