Maintain and Reform

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Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
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Reform is an antonym for maintain.
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability

Reform

Reform verb - To make better in behavior or character.
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Maintain is an antonym for reform.
Nearby Words: reformation, reformed, reformist, reformer, reformatory
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life maintain life reform life
image maintain image reform image
order maintain order reform order
body maintain body reform body
Other words: control, society, system, army, world, law, empire, population, powers, bodies.

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  • Full-Circle Revolution Many times, an immensely unpopular government has been swept out by an opposition whose rhetoric plays into a mass popular desire for genuine reform, only for the former opposition, once empowered, to maintain their predecessors' policies without substantial change.
    Source: Full-Circle Revolution
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