reformatory

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Adjective reformatory has 1 sense

reformative, reformatory - tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment"
Antonym: unhelpful (indirect, via helpful)

Noun reformatory has 1 sense

reformatory, reform school, training school - correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
--₁ is a kind of correctional institution
--₁ has particulars: Borstal

reform movement reform movements reform school reformable reformat reformation reformative reformative policy reformatory reformats reformatting reformed reformed figurative reformed orthography reformer reformers reforming

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