reformation
reformation Lexical Profile
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• noun
The action or process of reforming an institution, practice, or person, especially to bring about moral, social, or structural improvement.
"The newly elected council promised a thorough reformation of the local tax system."
A 16th-century European movement for the reform of doctrines and practices in the Roman Catholic Church that ended in the establishment of the Protestant Churches (usually capitalized as the Reformation).
"The invention of the printing press played a pivotal role in spreading ideas during the Reformation."
The act or process of forming, assembling, or shaping something again (often hyphenated as re-formation).
"The band announced their reformation after a ten-year hiatus."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French reformacion and directly from Latin reformationem, a noun of action from the verb reformare ('to form again, mold anew, or change').