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reformatory definition

☆ re·forma·tory (ri fôr′mə tôr′ē)

adjective

reforming or aiming at reform

noun pl. reformatories -·ries

  1. an institution to which young offenders convicted of lesser crimes are sent for training and discipline intended to reform rather than punish them
  2. a penitentiary for women

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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