Found 2 items, similar to reform school.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: reform school reform school n : correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders [syn: reformatory, training school]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Reform school Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. [1913 Webster] Civil service reform. See under Civil. Reform acts (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. Reform school, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See Reformation. [1913 Webster]