induction

1 the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization the formal induction will be tomorrow, but the college president has already started work Synonyms baptism, inaugural, inauguration, installation, initiation, installment (also instalment), investiture, investmentRelated Words enlistment, enrollment (also enrolment); promotionNear Antonyms discharge, removal

2 an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning the urbanologist's controversial induction that a thriving bohemian community is vital to a city's economic health Synonyms consequence, deduction, determination, eduction, conclusion, inference, sequiturRelated Words decision, deliverance, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), resolution, ruling, verdict; conjecture, guess, surmise; assumption, presumption, supposition