conception

Noun

• the creation of something in the mind

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something
  • from its creation the plan was doomed to failure
    

• the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

• an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  invention , innovation , excogitation , design , creation , concept , construct