re·for·ma·to·ry

(rĭ-fôr′mə-tôr′ē)

n. pl. re·for·ma·to·ries

A penal institution for the discipline, reformation, and training of young or first offenders. Also called reform school.

adj.

Reformative.

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reformatory

(rɪˈfɔːmətərɪ; -trɪ)

n, pl -ries

(Education) Also called: reform school (formerly) a place of instruction where young offenders were sent for corrective training. Compare approved school

adj

having the purpose or function of reforming

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re•form•a•to•ry

(rɪˈfɔr məˌtɔr i, -ˈtoʊr i)

adj., n., pl. -ries. adj.

1. serving or designed to reform.

2. Also called reform school. a penal institution for reforming young offenders, esp. minors.

[1580–90; < Latin refōrmā(re) to reform + -tory¹, -tory²]

reformatory

A place where young people who have broken the law are confined to be disciplined and trained.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	reformatory - correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders reform school, training school borstal - formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
Adj.	1.	reformatory - tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" reformative helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function

reformatory

adjective

Tending to correct:

amendatory, corrective, emendatory, reformative, remedial.

Translations

riformatorio carcere minorile

reformatory

[rɪˈfɔːmətərɪ] N (Brit) → reformatorio m

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reformatory

[rɪˈfɔː^rmətəri] n (US) → centre m d'éducation surveillée

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reformatory

n → Besserungsanstalt f

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reformatory

[rɪfɔːmət/ərɪ] n (Am) → riformatorio

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About four months before the time I am writing of, my lady had been in London, and had gone over a Reformatory, intended to save forlorn women from drifting back into bad ways, after they had got released from prison.

My lady doesn't know, the matron at the reformatory doesn't know, what a dreadful reproach honest people are in themselves to a woman like me.

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My state of depression would have gratified the most exacting of Methodists; and my penitent face would have made my fortune if I could only have been exhibited by a reformatory association on the platform of Exeter Hall.

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Even when I was taken to have a new suit of clothes, the tailor had orders to make them like a kind of Reformatory, and on no account to let me have the free use of my limbs.

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His frankest plays, as we have indicated, are attacks on vice and folly, and sometimes, it is said, had important reformatory influence on contemporary manners.

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Miss Ophelia, after passing on her reformatory tour through all the other parts of the establishment, now entered the kitchen.

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Certainly he could not have chosen a more promising reformatory for Sally.

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It is therefore a welcome development that the government has ensured a name change to mirror the reformatory aspect of the purpose of the prison system.

Making Nigerian Prisons Truly Correctional

'The National Certificates they received are proof of their acquired knowledge, skills and competencies that will later transform their lives outside the reformatory center,' TESDA Davao Oriental Provincial Director Leah Braga said.

108 inmates pass technical training

The bench issued these directives after the social welfare department remained unable to satisfy the court about providing any shelter home or reformatory institution for such children and measures to enforce the act during the hearing of an application of a woman seeking custody of her minor girl.

SHC wants reformatory centres set up for destitute children at division level

With local officials, Robredo then toured the drug reformatory center in Capas.

Leni witnesses turnover of titles to 447 families