Reformatory synonyms

rĭ-fôr'mə-tôr'ē

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penal institution
Any jail or other place of confinement including work camps, jails, reformatories, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions.
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reform-school
(Dated) A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
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house of correction
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
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penitentiary
Penitentiary is defined as a prison, or a tribunal in the Roman Catholic Church.
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school for young delinquents
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borstal (British)
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kids' pen
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young-stir
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little house
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junior-college
An institution of higher education that awards the associate's degree but not bachelor's degree or higher.
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jail (related)
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
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school (related)
The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
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amendatory
Tending or serving to amend; corrective
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corrective
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
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emendatory
(Archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective
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reformative
That serves to reform or correct
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remedial
Curative; providing a remedy
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correct (related)
Free from error or fault; true or accurate.
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training school
An institution for detaining and reeducating juvenile offenders
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reformatories (related)
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borstal (related)
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lunatic-asylum (related)
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Find another word for reformatory. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reformatory, like: penal institution, reform-school, house of correction, penitentiary, school for young delinquents, borstal (British), kids' pen, young-stir, little house, junior-college and jail.
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Reformatory Sentence Examples

  • Hoyt the plans were changed and instead the Industrial Reformatory was.

  • They are of three kinds: - (i) Depots de mendicite (beggars' depots); (2) maisons de refuge (houses of refuge); and (3) ecoles de bienfaisance (reformatory schools).

  • Warminster has also a free school established in 1707, a missionary college, a training home for lady missionaries and a reformatory for boys.

  • The acts referred to include those relating to the diseases of animals, destructive insects, explosives, fish conservancy, gas meters, margarine, police, reformatory and industrial schools, riot (damages), sale of food and drugs, weights and measures.

  • Under the supervision of a board of prison commissioners, which appoints the superintendent and warden of each, are a reformatory prison for women at Sherborn (1877), a state reformatory for men at Concord (1884), a state prison at Boston (Charlestown), and a prison camp and hospital at Rutland (1905).

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