Initiation and Stop

Opposite meaning words

Initiation noun - The process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization.

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Stop is an antonym for initiation.

Stop noun - A brief halt in a journey.

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Initiation is an antonym for stop in end topic.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

human	human initiation	human stop
long	long initiation	long stop
short	short initiation	short stop
great	great initiation	great stop
Other adjectives: little, bad, final.

Dawn and Claudia both think it's ridiculous, but that doesn't stop Dawn from wondering why she didn't get an initiation ceremony.

Source: Initiation Ceremony
Their initiation ritual was torturing potential members with magic until compelled to stop.

Source: Literature / Vampire Academy
The Others (mages secretly living among humans) in Sergey Lukyanenko's Night Watch series stop aging soon after their Initiation, that is, consciously using magic for the first time.

Source: Wizards Live Longer

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