/ English Dictionary

REFORMATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

Example:

the reclamation of delinquent children

Synonyms:

reclamation; reformation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reformation" is a kind of...):

deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)

Derivation:

reform (change for the better)

reform (make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices)

reform (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Protestant Reformation; Reformation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Reformation" is a kind of...):

religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("reformation" is a kind of...):

improvement; melioration (a condition superior to an earlier condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reformation"):

counterreformation (a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation)

Derivation:

reform (improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition)

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