REFORM SCHOOL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

reform school; reformatory; training school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("reform school" is a kind of...):

correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reform school"):

borstal (formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison)

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