institution
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Synonyms: restitution, destitution, constitution, cunstitution, institutions, instituting, institutor, institutive, instinction, instigation, institutist
Antonyms: restitution, destitution, constitution, cunstitution, institutions, instituting, institutor, institutive, instinction, instigation, institutist
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|organization}} A [[long]]-[[establish]]ed [[organization]] or type of organization, ''particularly'' one [[involve]]d with [[education]], [[public service]], or [[charity]] work.
- {{senseid|en|custom}} A [[custom]] or [[practice]] of a [[society]] or [[community]].
- {{senseid|en|building}} The [[building]] or [[building]]s which [[house]] such an [[organization]].
- {{senseid|en|mental institution}} {{lb|en|informal}} A [[mental institution]].
- Any [[facility]] where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are [[commit]]ted ([[confine]]d), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- {{senseid|en|business}} {{lb|en|informal}} {{l|en|any|Any}} [[long]] [[establish]]ed and [[respect]]ed [[place]] or [[business]].
- {{senseid|en|person}} {{lb|en|informal}} A [[person]] [[long]] [[establish]]ed in a [[place]], [[position]], or [[field]].
- {{senseid|en|act}} The [[act]] of [[institute#Verb|instituting]] [[something]].
- {{senseid|en|Christianity}} {{lb|en|Christianity}} The act by which a [[bishop]] [[commit]]s a [[cure]] of [[soul]]s to a [[priest]]. {{rfc-sense|en}}<!--unclear, what does it mean to commit a cure to someone?-->
- {{senseid|en|agentive}} {{lb|en|obsolete}} That which [[institute]]s or [[instruct]]s, particularly a [[textbook]] or [[system]] of [[element]]s or [[rule]]s.
- {{senseid|en|correctional institution}} {{lb|en|informal}} A [[correctional institution]].
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