Used in a Sentence

reformatory

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reformatory.

Editorial note

It’s also very much not what her parents signed her up for by turning her into a reformatory.

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Quick take

A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of reformatory gathered in one view.

noun

A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for reformatory.

Example sentences

1

It’s also very much not what her parents signed her up for by turning her into a reformatory.

2

He wrote about an experiment at a youth reformatory that was run democratically by the inmates.

3

What they're supposed to be is reformatory, but these days, they're just for warehousing human beings.

4

It is the worst compromise possible between those who see the system as fundamentally reformatory, and those who see it in talionic terms.

5

When was the cycle ever on the side of reformatory, at large?

6

Whether or not it is widely known today, Buddhism had a major reformatory impact on what we call Hinduism today.

7

My dad worked in the Ohio State Reformatory for a year or two before they closed it, and moved everyone a mile up the road.

8

It can serve absolutely no punitive or reformatory purpose.

9

There are still tours through the old reformatory.

10

Bentham was responsible for some horrific prison/reformatory systems.

11

In the 1830s de Tocqueville reported on a reformatory in Massachusetts where the prisoners had a voting system in order to make decisions about mealtimes and exercise etc.

12

>Dickens was fascinated with jails, asylums, homes for the deaf, and other reformatory institutions.

Quote examples

1

It will not passively "cycle back" or "bend itself", we must make actions towards reformatory justice.

2

America has cycled back and forth between retributory “justice” (punishment and “law enforcement officers”) and reformatory (penitentiaries and “peace officers”).

3

But also the Boston Public Garden Bench from "Good Will Hunting", a low-budget $10m film by two young guys people had never heard of [0], or the prison location from 'The Shawshank Redemption' (the closed Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use reformatory in a sentence?

It’s also very much not what her parents signed her up for by turning her into a reformatory.

What does reformatory mean?

A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

What part of speech is reformatory?

reformatory is commonly used as noun, adjective.