initiation
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 10
/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
Definition of initiation
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
“initiation into a society”
“initiation into business”
“initiation into literature”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
“initiation into a society”
“initiation into business”
“initiation into literature”
- (countable, uncountable)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.
- (countable, uncountable)The first step of transcription or of transduction.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō. Morphologically initiate + -ion.
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