Reformatory (Noun)
Meaning
Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The government recently released funds to renovate the dilapidated juvenile reformatory on the outskirts of town.
- The young offender was sent to the reformatory for a six-month sentence for vandalism and theft.
- The reformatory's vocational training program had a high success rate in finding jobs for its graduates.
- After being arrested for shoplifting, she was sentenced to two years in the state reformatory for women.
- The maximum-security reformatory was notorious for its harsh discipline and bleak living conditions.