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Meaning of institution


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  institution
      n 1: an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
           [syn: {institution}, {establishment}]
      2: an establishment consisting of a building or complex of
         buildings where an organization for the promotion of some
         cause is situated
      3: 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"
      4: 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" [syn:
         {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation}, {institution},
         {origination}, {creation}, {innovation}, {introduction},
         {instauration}]
      5: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
         [syn: {mental hospital}, {psychiatric hospital}, {mental
         institution}, {institution}, {mental home}, {insane asylum},
         {asylum}]


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