REFORMATORIES Antonyms

• the state of being imprisoned

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them

• the state of being confined

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

• an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

• a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

• a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

• used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers

• showing or constituting penance

• a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

• a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

• the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

• discipline in personal and social activities

• the state of being physically constrained

• a rule or condition that limits freedom

• lack of ornamentation

• a device that retards something's motion