nascency

Definitions of nascency
  1. noun
    the event of being born
    synonyms: birth, nascence, nativity
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    delivery
    the event of giving birth
    live birth
    the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
    posthumous birth
    birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
    posthumous birth
    birth of a child after the father has died
    rebirth, reincarnation, renascence
    a second or new birth
    blessed event, happy event
    the live birth of a child
    transmigration
    the passing of a soul into another body after death
    cycle of rebirth
    (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
    type of:
    alteration, change, modification
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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