REFORMATION Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

reformation

noun

Definition of reformation

as in overhaul

the act, process, or result of improving something by removing flaws, problems, etc. They're calling for a complete reformation of the healthcare system.

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Recent Examples of reformation Historically, the superintendent has not had sufficient experience in K-12 classrooms to improve efficiency, center equity and center hands-on policy reformation. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 This has left it in a more ambiguous middle ground, while a wave of affordable brands like Reformation and Damson Madder are increasingly capturing the customer Ganni once owned. — Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026 The history of religion, with its thousands of schisms and reformations, is full of pilgrims who, rather than discard their relationship with their sacred text, have found purpose, clarity, and community through defiance. — Séamas O'Reilly, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 When a reformation movement briefly took power in Korea in 1891, Suh returned home. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reformation

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Noun

Without an overhaul of the nation’s homeland security apparatus, Washington is in danger of making this mistake again.

— Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
The new space increases the company’s capacity for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of overhaul

Noun

If additional benefit credit is provided, the reform’s net fiscal impact would solve the issue until 2055.

— Thomas Hager, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Udas is among a wave of reform-minded politicians who came to the fore after a popular and violent Gen Z uprising last year toppled the country’s political establishment.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of reform

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Also formative here would have been the artist Jorge Pardo’s redesign of the ancient Art of the Americas galleries, now disappeared by the demolition of the former museum.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
In this case, a developer and a cultural institution seem to have been the ones responsible for killing the redesign during the Adams administration.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026

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