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reformatory

nounmasculinegeneral useuncommon/ʁɨ.fuɾ.mɐ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/re·for·ma·tó·ri·o

Definition

An institution to which young offenders are sent as an alternative to prison; a reform school.

“He spent his teenage years in a reformatory.”

“The reformatory aimed to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents.”

send to a reformatoryreformatory for juveniles