reformatory

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/, /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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reformatory (comparative more reformatory, superlative most reformatory)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.

Noun

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reformatory (plural reformatories)

  1. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
    • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45:
      It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.

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