Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.
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Reformatory
/ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/
Synonyms for "reformatory" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
correctivedeath celldeath housedeath rowdetention campdungeonfabianfederal prisonforced-labor campgaolguardhousehouse of correctionhouse of detentionindustrial schoolinternment campjailjailhouse
Noun(4 words)
Related words (36)
keeplabor camplockupmaximum-security prisonminimum-security prisonoubliettepenpenal colonypenal institutionpenal settlementpenitentiarypokeypow campprisonprison campprisonhouseradicalreform schoolremand schoolrevisional
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revisionistrevolutionarysponging housestate prisonstirstockadethe holetollboothtraining schoolutopian
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
6 entriesadjectivecorrectional institutiondetention facilityinstitutioninstitutional adjectivequalitative attribute
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9 entriesarchaic usagebehavior modificationindustrial schooljuvenile halljuvenile justice reformobsolete formreform school policyrehabilitative programtraining school
Collocations
10 entriesdetention facilityjuvenile detentionjuvenile hallreform schoolreformatory disciplinereformatory educationreformatory programreformatory regimereformatory schoolyouth facility
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesreform schoolreformativeness
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2 total sentences available.
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.
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