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reformed

/riˈfɔrmd/
/riˈfɔmd/
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Other forms: reformedly

Someone who's reformed is changed in a positive way. A reformed bully has stopped shoving smaller kids around and makes a point of treating everyone kindly.

A reformed prison system would be one that has eliminated controversial punishments like solitary confinement, and a reformed group of military rebels might form a peaceful political party. Sometimes you'll see this adjective in a religious context — for example, Calvinism is known as "Reformed Christianity," a reference to the Protestant Reformation. The Latin root, reformare, means "change."

Definitions of reformed
  1. adjective
    caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one
    synonyms:
    regenerate
    reformed spiritually or morally
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