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English noun: reformation

1. reformation (state) improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs


Broader (hypernym)improvement, melioration


Narrower (hyponym)counterreformation

2. Reformation (group) a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches


SynonymsProtestant Reformation


Broader (hypernym)religious movement

3. reformation (act) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course


SamplesThe reclamation of delinquent children.


Synonymsreclamation


Broader (hypernym)deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving









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