initiation
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(noun) starting something for the first time |
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Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, instauration, institution, origination |
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Related Words: beginning, commencement, start |
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(noun) a formal entry into a position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the arm" |
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Synonyms: induction, installation |
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Related Words: bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, coronation, enthronement, enthronization, inaugural, inauguration, investiture, observance |
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(noun) an act that sets in motion some course of events |
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Synonyms: induction, trigger |
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Related Words: causation, causing, fomentation, instigation, mounting |
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