reform

1. (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.Examples: "to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal"; "In this interview with Law Editors and Correspondents, he speaks on the gains of reforming the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), efforts to keep underage persons out of jail."; "“There was always something a bit wrong with him,” she said, “but nothing you mightn’t have hoped for, not till they took him and carried him off and reformed him”"Synonyms: amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restoretransitive

2. (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.Examples: "It is hoped that many criminals, upon being freed, will eventually reform."intransitive

3. (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.Examples: "This product contains reformed meat."; "The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack."; "Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating."intransitivetransitive