rĭ-fôr'mə-tôr'ē
Any jail or other place of confinement including work camps, jails, reformatories, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions.
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
Penitentiary is defined as a prison, or a tribunal in the Roman Catholic Church.
school for young delinquents
borstal (British)
kids' pen
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young-stir
little house
junior-college
An institution of higher education that awards the associate's degree but not bachelor's degree or higher.
school (related)
The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
Tending or serving to amend; corrective
Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
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(Archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective
correct (related)
Free from error or fault; true or accurate.
An institution for detaining and reeducating juvenile offenders
reformatories (related)
borstal (related)
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lunatic-asylum (related)
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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