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reformed

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.

    The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.

  2. Amended in character and life.

    a reformed gambler/drunkard/alcoholic/criminal

  3. Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of reform