Halfway House Definition
noun
A rehabilitation center where people who have left an institution, such as a hospital or prison, are helped to readjust to the outside world.
American Heritage
A midway inn or stopping place on or as on a journey.
Webster's New World
A place where persons are aided in readjusting to society following a period of imprisonment, hospitalization, etc.
Webster's New World
A transitional facility to which convicted criminals are paroled for some period of time, in advance of full release into the community.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
- asylum
- retreat
- nursing-home
- shelter
- midpoint
- intermediate point
- country-place
- stopping-place
Other Word Forms of Halfway House
Noun
Singular:
halfway house
Plural:
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