| ADJECTIVE | all | reformatory, reformative | tending to reform |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | artifact | reformatory, reform school, training school | correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders |
| Sounds | rihfao'rmahtao.riy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | tending to reform. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "reformatory punishment" | |
| Synonym | reformative | |
| Broader | helpful | Providing assistance or serving a useful function |
| Spanish | reformatorio | |
| Catalan | reformatori | |
| Nouns | reformatory | correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders |
| Verbs | reform | change for the better |
| reform | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | |
| Meaning | correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | reform school, training school | |
| Narrower | borstal | formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison |
| Broader | correctional institution | A penal institution maintained by the government |
| Spanish | correccional, reformatorio | |
| Catalan | correccional, reformatori | |
| Adjectives | reformatory | tending to reform |
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