reformatory

reformatory

adjective

Definition of REFORMATORY

serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition <the belief that manual labor was a reformatory experience for convicted felons, who would learn the value of hard work>

Synonyms amendatory, rectifying, remedial, remedying, reformative, reformatory

Related Words curative, medicinal, therapeutic; reparative, restorative; beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome; antidotal, counteractive, counterbalancing