Word Meanings - INSTITUTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act or process of instituting; as: Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker. Instruction; education. Bentley. The

Additional info about word: INSTITUTION

1. The act or process of instituting; as: Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker. Instruction; education. Bentley. The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge. Blackstone. 2. That which instituted or established; as: Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. The nature of our people, Our city's institutions. Shak. An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution. Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits. We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. Hawthorne. 3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. Evelyn.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INSTITUTION)

• Concern
• Interest
• regard
• anxiety
• matter
• affair
• institution
• solicitude
• moment
• regret
• sympathy
• sorrow
• Foundation
• Institution
• establishment
• footing
• base
• basis
• origin
• ground
• groundwork
• rudiments
• substratum

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INSTITUTION)

• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Welcome
• hail
• approve
• abandon
• abjure
• forget

Related words: (words related to INSTITUTION)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• FOOTMARK
  A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
• FOOTPLATE
  See
• DISLIKE
  1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
• FORGETTINGLY
  By forgetting.
• MOMENTARILY
  Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone.
• FOOTBRIDGE
  A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
• FOOTHOLD
  A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
• GROUNDNUT
  The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
• SOLICITUDE
  The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude.
• FOUNDATIONER
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• ORIGINABLE
  Capable of being originated.
• CONTEMNER
  One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
• GOOSEFOOT
  A genus of herbs mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• SURFOOT
  Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. Nares.
• SALTFOOT
  A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• ABORIGINALLY
  Primarily.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• UNCONCERNMENT
  The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South.
• FOURFOOTED
  Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline