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