Sekirov Dictionary

reformatory

UK /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/US /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
- Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education. — 2019

noun1

•
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. — 2019

forms

reformatories · more reformatory · most reformatory

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