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re-formation
(noun)
1: forming again (especially with improvements or removal of
defects); renewing and reconstituting [syn: regeneration]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Reformation : (noun)
1: 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
2: 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 [syn: Reformation,
Protestant Reformation]
3: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the
reclamation of delinquent children" [syn: reclamation]
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Reformation : \Ref`or*ma"tion\ (r?f`?r*m?"sh?n), n. [F.
r['e]formation, L. reformatio.]
1. 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 or corrupt; as, the
reformation of manners; reformation of the age;
reformation of abuses.
Satire lashes vice into reformation. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Re-formation \Re`-for*ma"tion\ (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), n.
The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the
Reformation : of a column of troops into a hollow square.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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REFORMATION, criminal law. The act of bringing back a criminal to such a
sense of justice, so that he may live in society without any detriment to
it.
2. The object of the criminal law ought to be to reform the criminal,
while it protects society by his punishment. One of the best attempts at
Reformation : is the plan of solitary confinement in a penitentiary. While the
convict has time to reflect he cannot be injured by evil example or corrupt
communication.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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