Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Reformable (a.) Capable of being reformed.

(1) - Reformation (n.) Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.
(2) - Reformation (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.

(1) - Reformative (a.) Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.

(1) - Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
(2) - Reformatory (a.) Tending to produce reformation; reformative.

(1) - Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.
(2) - Reformed (a.) Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
(3) - Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.