erection.
The act of building or putting up or together of something.
Meaning & usage
The act of building or putting up or together of something.
Anything erected or built.
The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.
Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
A penis or clitoris that is erect.
He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.
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