Associations to the word «Reformatory»

Wiktionary

REFORMATORY, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
REFORMATORY, noun. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

Dictionary definition

REFORMATORY, noun. Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders.
REFORMATORY, adjective. Tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King