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REFORMATION
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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)
