activation

/ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/

Other forms: activations

Use the noun activation to describe the process of turning on or starting something, or energizing someone. A missing cat might inspire the activation of a neighborhood search party.

The activation of a school policy to combat bullying both starts the program up and inspires people to get involved with it. You could also talk about the gradual activation of your sleepy puppy as she wakes up and gets going. Activation comes from the same root as the adjective active, the Latin actus, "a doing, a driving, or an impulse."

Definitions of activation

1. noun

   the activity of causing to have energy and be active
   synonyms: activating, energizing

   types:

   electrification

   the activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group

   animation, invigoration, vivification

   the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior
2. noun

   stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
   antonyms:

   inactivation

   the process of rendering inactive

   types:

   indweller

   activation by an inner spirit or force or principle

   type of:

   stimulation

   (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)
3. noun

   making active and effective (as a bomb)
   antonyms:

   deactivation

   the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)

   type of:

   beginning, commencement, start

   the act of starting something