Definitions
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
Word origin
From Middle English reformacioun, reformation, from Middle French reformation and Latin refōrmātiō, refōrmātiōnis (“reform, change”), from refōrmō (“transform, reshape”), from re- + fōrmō (“shape, form”). By surface analysis, reform + -ation.
Used in a sentence
“[…] olde men long nusled in corruption, scorning them that would seeke reformation […]”
The New Arcadia“And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.”
“[…] satire lashes vice into reformation, and humour represents folly so as to render it ridiculous.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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