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Reformatory

//ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.

    "Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education."

Adjective
  1. 1
    tending to reform wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

    "It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks."

  2. 2
    correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders wordnet

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