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| 1. | [ noun ] an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | |
| Synonyms: | establishment | |
| Related terms: | organization company religion educational_institution academy vicariate charity issuer financial_institution medical_institution | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | |
| Related terms: | establishment home penal_institution orphanage | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | |
| Synonyms: | creation founding initiation introduction origination innovation instauration foundation | |
| Examples: | "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult" "the foundation of a new scientific society" "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" |
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| Related terms: | beginning authorship establish establish originate introduce commit initiate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society | |
| Examples: | "the institution of marriage" "the institution of slavery" "he had become an institution in the theater" |
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| Related terms: | custom levirate | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (medicine) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person | |
| Synonyms: | mental_institution psychiatric_hospital mental_home insane_asylum asylum mental_hospital | |
| Related terms: | hospital Bedlam commit | |
| Similar spelling: |
institutional instruction instructions instauration incitation instructional instigation institute inactivation instillation instructor instantiation installation instruct instructed instigator instructorship inaction instrument instructive instantiate instinct instructress instigate instilling instructively insatiate instigant instrumental |
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