reformatory
reformatory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
- 2.An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. Eng. Cyc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- alma
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- art
- auditorium
- boarding
- book
- box
- cathedra
- chair
- class
- college
- collegiate
- continuation
- convent
- creche
- cyclopedia
- day
- denominational
- desk
- dictionary
- educational
- encyclopedia
- fellowship
- forum
- government
- grade
- grammar
- high
- horn
- hustings
- infant
- institute
- institution
- kindergarten
- lectern
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is reformatory.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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