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(noun) initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination, creation, foundation, founding
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
(noun) mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, asylum, insane asylum, psychiatric hospital
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
(noun) establishment
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose