Reformatory Definition

rĭ-fôrmə-tôrē
reformatories
noun
reformatories
An institution to which young offenders convicted of lesser crimes are sent for training and discipline intended to reform rather than punish them.
Webster's New World
A penitentiary for women.
Webster's New World

A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Reforming or aiming at reform.
Webster's New World
Reformative.
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Noun

Singular:
reformatory
Plural:
reformatories

Reformatory Sentence Examples

  • Hoyt the plans were changed and instead the Industrial Reformatory was.

  • Warminster has also a free school established in 1707, a missionary college, a training home for lady missionaries and a reformatory for boys.

  • The acts referred to include those relating to the diseases of animals, destructive insects, explosives, fish conservancy, gas meters, margarine, police, reformatory and industrial schools, riot (damages), sale of food and drugs, weights and measures.

  • Under the supervision of a board of prison commissioners, which appoints the superintendent and warden of each, are a reformatory prison for women at Sherborn (1877), a state reformatory for men at Concord (1884), a state prison at Boston (Charlestown), and a prison camp and hospital at Rutland (1905).

  • Orphans of respectable parents have a home at Birmingham, and the reformatory school has done splendid service for lads who have committed a first offence.

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

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