reforms

VERB

correct, rectify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amend improve rebuild rehabilitate remake renovate reorganize repair resolve restore revise revolutionize standardize transform

STRONG

ameliorate better convert correct cure emend mend rearrange reclaim reconstitute reconstruct redeem refashion regenerate remedy remodel renew rework uplift

WEAK

bring up to code change one's ways clean up clean up one's act go straight make amends make over shape up swear off turn over a new leaf

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage destroy harm hurt injure ruin waver worsen

STRONG

abandon forfeit kill

WEAK

impair

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reforms

"African borrowers have long paid a high-risk premium and standard models can miss the informal economy, domestic savings and reforms," said Jacob Oreki, a management consultant at Kenya's Strathmore University Foundation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

To be effective, reforms will need to work hand in hand with an enforceable international floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The latest abduction highlights the risks faced by young people travelling across Nigeria to do their national youth service and has renewed calls for reforms.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Jane Doe should never have had to bear the burden of producing reforms.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Osborne began to institute familiar reforms but found Sing Sing more complicated than Auburn.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover