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List of meaning for institution

an organization created for a specific purpose such as religion or education

institution, establishment(noun)

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

institution(noun)

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

institution(noun)

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

"the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater"

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration(noun)

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

"she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum(noun)

a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

a public organization with a particular purpose or function

a charitable institution devoted to raising funds to feed the hungry

a person who has long been associated with a place or activity

an actor who has been a Broadway institution for decades

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

an institution devoted to studying social problems and proposing solutions for them

a place where insane people are cared for

their father was committed to an institution after his mental health began to rapidly deteriorate

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