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Reformatory
01
an institution designed to reform or rehabilitate young offenders rather than simply punish them
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
reformatories
Examples
The troubled teenager was sent to a reformatory to receive guidance and education.
reformatory
01
tending to reform
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most reformatory
Comparative
more reformatory
gradable
Lexical Tree
reformatory
reform
form
