institution

/ˌɪnstɪtˈuʃən/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
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”
4. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
   “she looked forward to her initiation as an adult”
5. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Synonyms for institution

• establishment
• initiation
• founding
• foundation
• origination
• creation
• innovation
• introduction
• instauration
• mental hospital
• psychiatric hospital
• mental institution
• mental home
• insane asylum
• asylum

Words that rhyme with institution

• resolution
• execution
• constitution
• contribution
• dissolution
• lilliputian
• solution
• distribution
• convolution
• diminution
• pollution
• prosecution
• restitution
• retribution
• revolution
• absolution
• attribution
• devolution
• dilution
• electrocution
• evolution
• substitution
• ablution
• counterrevolution
• destitution
• elocution
• persecution
• prostitution
• redistribution
• lucian