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Religious education class mend their ways? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reform

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'mend their ways?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'religious education class' is the wordplay.
'religious education' becomes 'RE' (abbreviation).
'class' becomes 'form' (form class is a kind of class).
're'+'form'='REFORM'

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(Other definitions for reform that I've seen before include "Change one's ways (for the better?)" , "Mend one's ways" , "Show improvement" , "Correct(ion of) abuses" , "Abandon evil practices" .)

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