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A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: borstal, reformatory, residential school
Antonyms: none provided
correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reformatory, training school
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: correctional institution
Narrower terms: borstal
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
изправителен дом
(izpravitelen dom)
— institution for juveniles
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Catalan:
reformatori
— institution for juveniles
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Chinese Cantonese:
感化院
— institution for juveniles
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Chinese Mandarin:
未成年犯管教所
(wèichéngniánfàn guǎnjiàosuǒ)
— institution for juveniles
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Chinese Mandarin:
感化院
(gǎnhuàyuàn)
— institution for juveniles
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Czech:
polepšovna
— institution for juveniles
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Dutch:
verbeteringsgesticht
— institution for juveniles
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Finnish:
nuorisovankila
— institution for juveniles
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French:
maison de redressement
— institution for juveniles
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French:
maison de correction
— institution for juveniles
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German:
Erziehungsanstalt
— institution for juveniles
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Greek:
αναμορφωτήριο
(anamorfotírio)
— institution for juveniles
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Hungarian:
nevelőintézet
— institution for juveniles
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Hungarian:
javítóintézet
— institution for juveniles
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Hungarian:
javító-nevelő intézet
— institution for juveniles
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Irish:
scoil cheartúcháin
— institution for juveniles
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Italian:
riformatorio
— institution for juveniles
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Italian:
correzionale
— institution for juveniles
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Italian:
casa di rieducazione
— institution for juveniles
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Polish:
poprawczak
— institution for juveniles
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Polish:
dom poprawczy
— institution for juveniles
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Polish:
zakład poprawczy
— institution for juveniles
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Punjabi:
ਸੁਧਾਰ ਘਰ
(sudhār ghar)
— institution for juveniles
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Romanian:
casă de corecție
— institution for juveniles
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Spanish:
reformatorio
— institution for juveniles
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Swedish:
ungdomsvårdsanstalt
— institution for juveniles
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Swedish:
uppfostringsanstalt
— institution for juveniles
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Swedish:
ungdomsvårdsskola
— institution for juveniles
