- institution, establishment - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
--1 is a kind of organization, organisation
--1 has particulars: - institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
--2 is a kind of establishment
--2 has particulars:home, nursing home, rest home; orphanage, orphans' asylum; penal institution, penal facility - institution - 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"
--3 is a kind of custom, tradition
--3 has particulars: levirate- initiation, founding, foundation, institution, 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"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
--4 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
--4 has particulars: authorship, paternityDerived forms: verb institute1, verb institutionalise1 - mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
--5 is a kind of hospital, infirmary
--5 has particulars:Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit Derived forms: verb institutionalize1, verb institutionalise1 - institution - 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"