reform school

Noun

Meaning

correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

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Synonyms

reformatory training school brig penitentiary gaol clink pokey lockup oubliette prison pen jail cooler dungeon stockade
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Antonyms

release freedom exception relief exclusion immunity
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Hypernyms

correctional institution

Hyponyms

borstal

Examples

My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. Flip Wilson

Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. Jack Henry Abbott

Sixteen-year-old Noli Braddock's hoyden ways land her in an abusive reform school far from home. Source: Internet

The government can lock these girls up in reform school. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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