reformation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- melioration hypernym
- counterreformation hyponym
Related & opposite
- reform derivation
Sense 2 noun
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
the reclamation of delinquent children
Types & categories
- rescue hypernym
Related & opposite
- see the light derivation
- reform derivation
- reform derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reform |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | melioration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterreformation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | see the light |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reform |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reform |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rescue |