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