Reverse Dictionary: INSTITUTION

INSTITUTION

NOUNS
1792 AFFILIATION a group or institution connected with a larger or more established one
1934TWILIGHT HOME a residential institution for old people or animals
1956 SQUARESVILLE — SQUAREVILLE a conventional place or institution → sl., orig. US
1960 WAREHOUSE a large and impersonal institution offering shelter to the mentally ill, the old, or the poor → sl.


VERBS
1970 WAREHOUSE to place an individual, usually a mental patient, in a large an impersonal institution, i.e. to ‘put them away → US sl.