reform

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reform - Devil's Dictionary definition

v. A thing that mostly satisfies reformers opposed to reformation.

reform - Foolish Dictionary definition

In general, a periodic epidemic, starting with marked heat, followed by a high fever, and accompanied by a flow of ink in the newspapers, a discharge of words from the face and a rush of blood to the polls, leaving the victim a chronic invalid until the next campaign. In New York, reform has been confined to a Low attempt at government.