Found 2 items, similar to reformatory.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: reformatory reformatory adj : tending to reform; “reformative and rehabilitative agencies”; “reformatory punishment” [syn: reformative] n : correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders [syn: reform school , training school]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Reformatory Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\ (-t?*r?), a. Tending to produce reformation; reformative. [1913 Webster] Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries (-r?z). An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. [1913 Webster] Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. --Eng. Cyc. [1913 Webster]