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reformatory |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\ (-t?*r?), a. Tending to produce reformation; reformative. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries} (-r?z). An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. --Eng. Cyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reformatory adj : tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" [syn: {reformative}] n : a detention institution for the discipline and training of young or first offenders [syn: {reform school}, {training school}]
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