initiation

Meaning

1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
3. The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Synonyms

beginning

start

commencement

induction

introduction

installation

outset

opening

trigger

instruction

origination

inception

origin

preliminary

foundation

onset

creation

instauration

institution

knowledgeability

knowledgeableness

first

1st

ignition

founding

circumcision

employment

innovation

preamble

generate

generation

gumption

incipience

indoctrination

initial

initiate

interim

launching

occupation

originality

preparative

preparatory

priming

privity

produce

secret

㊙️

setting to work

starting

starting point

startup

start-up

temporary

tentative

transmission

unleashing

use

yielding

go-off

direct transmission

starting up

energization

training

opening move

pulse-on

fuze action

activation

soliciting move

adeptness

agitation

application

appointment

apprenticeship

arising

begin

beginnings

birth

catechism

combustion

commencing

consecration

conversance

conversancy

create

detonation

diploma

emergence

engagement

engender

enterprise

entrance

excitation

exercise

familiarity

for the time being

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō.
Morphologically initiate + -ion

Sentences

The composition of the Commission underwent considerable changes since its initiation .