reformatory
noun
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L326545 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L339836 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/ / /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/ / /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/
adj
- Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
“Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.”
noun
- 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.”