Initiation and Way

Initiation

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

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Way and initiation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Initiation".

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Initiation and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Initiation" instead a noun "Way".

long	long initiation	long way
correct	correct initiation	correct way
proper	proper initiation	proper way
great	great initiation	great way
Other adjectives: bad, excellent, bizarre.

In the same game, the Sabbat were notorious for knocking would-be childer out with a shovel, Embracing them, and burying them alive to dig their own way out... but in a subversion, that's not the initiation rite, it's just a quick way to break a subject's humanity.

Source: Initiation Ceremony
In order to join a gang, as an initiation, a guy jumps way over the Moral Event Horizon.

Source: If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten
At the end of the same episode, Ruby hugs Yang after she lost her arm saying "I'm so happy you're ok" the same way Yang did when Ruby almost died from a Nevermore during the initiation.

Source: Web Animation / RWBY

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