reformation

1. 1.

   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

   Broaderimprovement

   Narrowercounterreformation
2. 2.

   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

   SynonymsProtestant Reformation

   Broaderreligious movement
3. 3.

   rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

   “the reclamation of delinquent children”

   Synonymsreclamation

   Broaderrescue

Other forms of reformation

plural

reformations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reformation

What does reformation mean?

reformation means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reformation?

reformation has 4 syllables: ref-or-ma-tion. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛfɚˈmeɪʃən/.

What is another word for reformation?

Close synonyms include Protestant Reformation, reclamation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reformation a common word?

reformation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reformation?

29 words rhyme with reformation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.