initiation

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

Noun

  1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
    • initiation into a society
    • initiation into business
    • initiation into literature
  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.

Origin

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

Forms

initiations

Synonyms

beginning start

Antonyms

conclusion end

Related

initial initiate initiationism

Derived

clutch initiation initiational initiation ceremony initiation codon lipoinitiation noninitiation overinitiation photoinitiation postinitiation preinitiation reinitiation self-initiation