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Definitions for Initiation

[1] formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
[2] the ceremonies or rites of admission. Compare rite of passage.
[3] the act of initiating.
[4] the fact of being initiated.
[5] the act of initiating or the condition of being initiated
[6] the often secret ceremony initiating new members into an organization

Words related to Initiation

inception, inauguration, baptism, induction, commencement, investiture, entrance, installation, admission, debut, inaugural, indoctrination, enrollment, beginning, preliminaries, instatement

Words nearby Initiation

initial teaching alphabet, initialism, initialize, initiate, initiating agent, initiation, initiation factor, initiative, initiator, initiatory, initis

Origin of Initiation

First recorded in 1575–85, initiation is from the Latin word initiātiōn- (stem of initiātiō ). See initiate, -ion

Other words from Initiation

pre·in·i·ti·a·tion , noun

Synonyms for Initiation

baptism, commencement, inauguration, inception, induction, admission, beginning, debut, enrollment, entrance, inaugural, indoctrination, installation, investiture, preliminaries, instatement