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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erection \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf F. ['e]rection.] 1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also the act of rousing to excitement or courage. 2. The state of being erected, lifted up built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up --Sidney 3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. 4. Anything erected; a building of any kind 5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: erection n 1: an erect penis [syn: {hard-on}] 2: a structure that has been erected 3: the act of building or putting up [syn: {erecting}]
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