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noun • formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | ||||||||
| 37% | 6 | The act or process of improving or correcting an institution, practice, system etc; or, the betterment of a behaviour by giving up a vice | ||||||
noun • a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses • a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices • self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice verb • make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices • bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one • produce by cracking • break up the molecules of • improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition • change for the better | ||||||||
| 35% | 6 | Reformatory resident | ||||||
noun • one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) • a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated • a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | ||||||||
Reformatory First Element Of Betterment Or Last Resort Crossword Clue
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BORSTAL which was last seen in the The Guardian Quiptic crossword.
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BORSTAL
Updated: October 15, 2023
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