Erneuernde Umgestaltung, bes. von öffentl. Einrichtungen, die sich im Ggs. zur Revolution nicht in gewaltsamer Form vollzieht.
ETYM French réforme.
1. A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices.
2. A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses.
3. Self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice.
ETYM French réformation, Latin reformatio.
The act of reforming; the state of being reformed.