outset
I
noun
beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, embarkation, entrance, exordium, first move first step, foundation, genesis, inauguration, inception, inchoation, incipience, incipiency, induction, infancy, initiation, initium, introduction, launching, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, rise, start, starting point, threshold
II
index
genesis, inception, nascency, onset (commencement), origination, prelude, start
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006