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reinstitution

reinstitution

9.0
Putting a person back into a hospital or other care institution
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪnˈstɪtjuːʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reingreso
  • Following his relapse, the court ordered the reinstitution of the patient in a psychiatric hospital.

Examples

  • Social workers debated whether reinstitution was the best option for the young offender.

  • After the evaluation, the reinstitution of the inmate was approved.

  • The reinstitution of the program's strict rules was necessary after several incidents.

  • The reinstitution of the patient was necessary for their recovery.

  • Following his relapse, the court ordered the reinstitution of the patient in a psychiatric hospital.

  • Social workers debated whether reinstitution was the best option for the young offender.

  • After the evaluation, the reinstitution of the inmate was approved.

Synonyms

commitment
vsreinstitution
  • Formal
11 7.5

The official sending of a person to prison or a mental hospital by a court

is used for returning someone to care rather than the initial legal sending
rehospitalization
vsreinstitution
  • Specialized
1 5.9

Being admitted to a hospital again after you leave it

is broader, covering return to various types of institutional care
recommitment
vsreinstitution
  • Formal
1 7.5

Sending someone back to prison or a mental hospital

is the general process of placing someone back into institutional care
committal
vsreinstitution
  • Formal
1 8.2

An order that sends someone to prison or a mental hospital by law

is concerned with returning someone to institutional care rather than the legal sending act
recommittal
vsreinstitution
  • Formal
8.7

An official order to send something back to where it was before

is limited to returning people to institutions rather than any prior state or place

Antonyms

release
279 1.8

An act of letting someone or something go free from being held

discharge
  • Formal
77 5.2

The official release from a job, duty, or service

How Institutionalized

reinstitution
  • Specialized
9.0
readmission
5 4.4
outpatient
  • Specialized
41 4.1
home care
  • Specialized
11 2.8

Surface Forms

reinstitution singular
reinstitutions plural

Morphology

reinstitution = institution (semi-transparent) = re + institute + ion

The idea of returning someone to an institution is inferable from 'institution', but this specialized care-related sense is not the most automatic interpretation of the form.

Etymology

Reinstitution comes from re- 'again' and institution 'a place like a hospital or prison'. So, it can mean putting a person back into institutional care or a similar facility after they have left.