Synonyms and related words :
advance, advancement, aggrandizement, baccalaureate service, boost, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, commencement, convocation, elevation, empty formality, ennoblement, exaltation, exercise, exercises, formal, formality, function, gradation, grading, graduation exercises, inaugural, inauguration, initiation, knighting, liturgy, mummery, observance, office, passing, pay raise, performance, preferment, promotion, raise, religious ceremony, rise, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, service, shading, solemnity, solemnization, upgrading, upping