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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for reform school:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

reform school
    n 1: correctional institution for the detention and discipline
         and training of young or first offenders [syn:
         reformatory, reform school, training school]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.]
   Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or
   depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of
   government.
   [1913 Webster]

   Civil service reform. See under Civil.

   Reform acts (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in
      1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular
      representation in Parliament.

   Reform school, a school established by a state or city
      government, for the confinement, instruction, and
      reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of
      idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See
        Reformation.
        [1913 Webster]

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