/in sep"sheuhn/ , n.
1. beginning; start; commencement.
2. Brit.
a. the act of graduating or earning a university degree, usually a master's or doctor's degree, esp. at Cambridge University.
b. the graduation ceremony; commencement.
[ 1375-1425; late ME incepcion inception- (s. of inceptio ), equiv. to incept ( us ) begun (see INCEPT) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 1. origin, outset, source, root, conception.