Main entry: initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination, creation, foundation, founding
Definition: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Usage: she looked forward to her initiation as an adult; the foundation of a new scientific society
Main entry: invention, innovation
Definition: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Main entry: conception, design, invention, excogitation, innovation
Definition: the creation of something in the mind