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Reform

To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.

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Verb group 6

Reclaim 84% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reclaim 84% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rectify 84% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Rectify 84% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 15

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Campaign 76% connected

An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crusade 76% connected

Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Moralization 76% connected

The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Moralize 76% connected

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crusader 74% connected

One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crusader 74% connected

One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reclamation 74% connected

The act or process of reclaiming.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reclamation 74% connected

The act or process of reclaiming.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformation 74% connected

The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformation 74% connected

The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformative 74% connected

Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformative 74% connected

Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformatory 74% connected

Tending to produce reformation; reformative.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformatory 74% connected

Tending to produce reformation; reformative.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformer 74% connected

One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reformer 74% connected

One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Reclaim 92% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rectify 92% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regenerate 92% connected

Reproduced.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stronger synonym 1

Change 92% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

words for change 62% interchangeable softer

Improve a system through structured change.

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