Incipience

n.

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Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

Noun

1.

incipience - beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" Synonyms: incipiency

beginning, commencement, first, get-go, incipiency, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time