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comparative more reformatory, superlative most reformatory
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative. quotations examples
Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.
2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 49
plural reformatories
A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school. quotations examples
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.
2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45