Noun

• S: (n) origin, origination, inception (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
• S: (n) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new) "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) beginning, start, commencement (the act of starting something) "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"
• S: (n) change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
• S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
• S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form