innovation

Noun

• the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
  • she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
    
  • the foundation of a new scientific society
    

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  initiation , founding , foundation , institution , origination , creation , introduction , instauration , invention , excogitation , conception , design