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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The overhaul would also tighten restrictions on community development grants and donations by requiring those funds be tied to a specific project.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
The group also asserts that the public has a right to know how DOGE helped the administration carry out a sweeping overhaul of government operations in 2025.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of overhaul

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Rather than undertaking the difficult but just and moral work of reform of the nation's immigration laws, Vance would destroy and expel their families with a smile, claiming that such actions will save you money.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The result is a politics in which almost everyone agrees that reform is urgently needed, provided someone else pays, and their own group’s advantages remain untouched.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reform

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Trump did not acknowledge the legal fight in his post, which included an artist's rendering for the course redesign.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Baylor’s big quiet concern Baylor’s McLane Stadium is the centerpiece of a dramatic redesign that gives the city of Waco a visible lift that does nothing but help morale, for the university, students and residents.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026

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