Rectifying
Rectifying adjective - Serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition.
Usage example: the company is taking rectifying measures to address the lack of handicapped access to the building
Reformatory and rectifying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reformatory" instead an adjective "Rectifying".
Reformatory
Reformatory adjective - Serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition.
Usage example: the belief that manual labor was a reformatory experience for convicted felons, who would learn the value of hard work
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Synonyms for Reformatory
Rectifying and reformatory are semantically related. You can use "Rectifying" instead an adjective "Reformatory".
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Related pairs
- restorative and rectifying
- restorative and reformatory
- bettering and rectifying
- bettering and reformatory
- improving and rectifying
- improving and reformatory
- corrective and rectifying
- corrective and reformatory
- remedial and rectifying
- remedial and reformatory
- curing and rectifying
- curing and reformatory
- reformative and rectifying
- reformative and reformatory
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