erection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an erect penis
    hard-on.
  2. noun a structure that has been erected
  3. noun the act of building or putting up
    erecting.

WordNet

E*rec"tion noun
Etymology
L. erectio: cf. F. érection.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913