INSTITUTION

• (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"

  synonyms : creation , foundation , founding , initiation , innovation , instauration , introduction , origination

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

• (noun) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

  synonyms : asylum , insane asylum , mental home , mental hospital , mental institution , psychiatric hospital

  Two mentally ill patients escaped from the asylum yesterday. -added by naila_inlas

• (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"

• (noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

  synonyms : establishment

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