'Reformatory' definitions:
Definition of 'reformatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" [syn: reformative, reformatory]
noun
Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders [syn: reformatory, reform school, training school]
Definition of 'Reformatory'
From: GCIDE
- Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\ (-t?*r?), a. Tending to produce reformation; reformative. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reformatory'
From: GCIDE
- Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries (-r?z). An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. [1913 Webster]
- Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. --Eng. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reformatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bastille,
- black hole,
- borstal,
- borstal institution,
- borstal school,
- bridewell,
- brig,
- can,
- cell,
- concentration camp,
- condemned cell,
- cooler,
- death cell,
- death house,
- death row,
- detention camp,
- federal prison,
- forced-labor camp,
- gaol,
- guardhouse,
- house of correction,
- house of detention,
- industrial school,
- internment camp,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- keep,
- labor camp,
- lockup,
- maximum-security prison,
- minimum-security prison,
- oubliette,
- pen,
- penal colony,
- penal institution,
- penal settlement,
- penitentiary,
- pokey,
- POW camp,
- prison,
- prison camp,
- prisonhouse,
- reform school,
- remand school,
- sponging house,
- state prison,
- stir,
- stockade,
- the hole,
- tollbooth,
- training school