"reformatory" in the noun sense
1. reformatory, reform school, training school
correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
"reformatory" in the adjective sense
1. reformative, reformatory
tending to reform
"reformative and rehabilitative agencies"
"reformatory punishment"
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