reformatory
adj/ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/US/ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/UK
Definitions
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
- Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.
A prison, especially one for juveniles
A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
- It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at reformatory. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at reformatory. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at reformatory
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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