REFORMATORY Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word reformatory. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| correctional | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • concerned with or providing correction | ||||||
| corrective | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a device for treating injury or disease adjective satellite • designed to promote discipline • tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition | ||||||
| disciplinarian | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | ||||||
| penal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to punishment adjective satellite • serving as or designed to impose punishment • (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | ||||||
| punitive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • inflicting punishment | ||||||
| rehabilitative | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • designed to accomplish rehabilitation adjective satellite • helping to restore to good condition | ||||||
| reforming | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses • a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices • self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice verb • make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices • bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one • produce by cracking • break up the molecules of • improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition • change for the better | ||||||
| reform school | nounn | |||||
noun • correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | ||||||
| borstal | nounn | |||||
noun • formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | ||||||
| reformative | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • tending to reform | ||||||
| detention home | nounn | |||||
noun • an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) | ||||||
| training school | nounn | |||||
noun • a school providing practical vocational and technical training • correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | ||||||
