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 or political or religious affairs
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course;
"the reclamation of delinquent children"
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The spread of humanism and reading began the Reformation, a movement for change in the Catholic Church.人文主义的传播以及阅读造成了宗教改革运动,一项为了改变天主教的运动。