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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin