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refd.

refd. is the abbreviation of reformed.

Meaning of reformed

Adjective

reformed (comparative more reformed, superlative most reformed)

  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.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
  2. Amended in character and life.
    • a reformed gambler/drunkard/alcoholic/criminal
  3. (UK) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

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Questions about refd.

What is refd. the abbreviation of?
Refd. is the abbreviation of reformed.

Words near refd. in the dictionary

  1. refbacks
  2. refcode
  3. refcodes
  4. refcount
  5. refcounts
  6. refd.
  7. refeature
  8. refeatured
  9. refeatures
  10. refeaturing
  11. refect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refd. (page history and authors); reformed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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