Reformatory
Definition: 1.A penal institution for the discipline, reformation, and training of young or first offenders. 2. Serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
Etymology: Reform (v) c.1300, "to convert into another and better form," from O.Fr. reformer (12c.), from L. reformare "to form again, change, alter," from re- "again" + formare "to form."
Sentence: The boys were sent to a reformatory for fighting vigorously with knifes on the streets.
Ng Zi Jing (22) 1-7
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