| noun | an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
| noun | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated |
| noun | a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society “the institution of marriage” |
| noun | the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new “she looked forward to her initiation as an adult” |
| noun | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| institutional | adjective | relating to or constituting or involving an institution |
| initiate | verb | bring into being |
| found | verb | set up or found |
| institute | verb | set up or lay the groundwork for |
| institutionalise | verb | cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution |
| originate | verb | come into existence; take on form or shape |
| create | verb | bring into existence |
| innovational | adjective | being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before |
| innovate | verb | bring something new to an environment |
| institutionalize | verb | cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution |