Reformation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Reformation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reformation n 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 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 Synonym(s): Reformation, Protestant Reformation rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children" Synonym(s): reclamation, reformation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reformation \Ref`orma"tion\ (r?f`?rm?"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]formation, L. reformatio.] 1. The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses. Satire lashes vice into reformation. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Re-formation \Re`-forma"tion\ (r?`f?rm?"sh?n), n. The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.