reformatory

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/ (US)
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/ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/ (US) · /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/ (UK) · /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/ (UK)

Definition of reformatory

2 senses · 2 parts of speech

adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
    “Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.”
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adj

  1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
    “Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.”

noun

  1. 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.”

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