How do you use the word "reformation" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "reformation" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "reformation": The movement aimed for a total reformation of the church. The criminal underwent a surprising and deep moral reformation.

Reformation Meaning

/ˌɹɛfəˈmeɪʃən/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn 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, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.

nounChange or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.

Sentence Examples

The movement aimed for a total reformation of the church.

The criminal underwent a surprising and deep moral reformation.

The prison focuses on the reformation and rehabilitation of inmates.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

reclamation

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The Protestant ____ of the 1500s changed the entire Christian church forever.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The Protestant ____ of the sixteenth century transformed the religious landscape of Europe.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English reformacioun, reformation, from Middle French reformation and Latin refōrmātiō, refōrmātiōnis (“reform, change”), from refōrmō (“transform, reshape”), from re- + fōrmō (“shape, form”). By surface analysis, reform + -ation.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[…] olde men long nusled in corruption, scorning them that would seeke reformation […]" — a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

"And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

"It is good also, not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware, that it be the reformation, that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change, that pretendeth the reformation." — 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Innovation”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

"[…] satire lashes vice into reformation, and humour represents folly so as to render it ridiculous." — 1674 (date written), John Dryden, The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

"All sorts of legal instruments may be reformed by equity, when the errors, which have been committed in the execution of them, are mutual mistakes or a mistake of one party combined with the fraud of the other. Thus, reformation has been decreed of all kinds of deeds of conveyance, including leases, mortgages, deeds of trust, marriage and family settlements. Likewise, bonds of all kinds, policies of insurance, assignments or release of mortgages, executory contracts for the sale of lands, the indorsement of a note, agreements for the establishment of a highway, military orders. So may, also, judgments and other records be corrected or be reformed." — 1893, Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman, “Chapter XXIX”, in A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, §507 (footnotes omitted):

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