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/rəfˈɔrm skul/ Listen

noun

Reform n. Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.

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.)

Synonyms: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See Reformation.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reform school" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mr. Ripley was a persevering friend and patron of the State Reform School at West Meriden. He had long sustained the office of Trustee for the County of Hartford, and was at the time of his death, the Chairman of that body, and a prominent member of its Executive Committee. His frequent visits to that Institution, his attention ...

— Man of Uz, and Other Poems • Lydia Howard Sigourney

... have learned some things that I could never have learned in college, 'cause at college you only learn things that have to be verified by actual experience in business. Pa says one year in the circus will be better for me than ten years in a reform school. But I learned something yesterday that made such an impression on me that I will not be able to sit down comfortably before the ...

— Peck's Bad Boy at the Circus • George W. Peck