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Another word for reformatory

reformatory Synonyms

reformatory

n.

reform school, house of correction, penal institution, penitentiary, school for young delinquents, borstal (British), kids' pen*, young-stir*, little house*, Junior College*; see also jail, school 1.

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Another word for reformatory

adjective

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amendatory, corrective, emendatory, reformative, remedial. See correct

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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).
North-west of Milledgeville is the state juvenile reformatory; 2 m.
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.
Warminster has also a free school established in 1707, a missionary college, a training home for lady missionaries and a reformatory for boys.

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