nascence (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *nascence*:
NOUN	event	nascence, birth, nativity, nascency	the event of being born

English > *nascence*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	The event of being born.
Synonyms	birth, nativity, nascency
Narrower	delivery	The event of giving birth
	live birth	The birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
	posthumous birth	birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
	posthumous birth	birth of a child after the father has died
	reincarnation, rebirth, renascence	A second or new birth
Broader	change, alteration, modification	An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Opposite	death, decease, expiry	The event of dying or departure from life
Spanish	nacimiento, navidad
Catalan	naixement

HyperDic: nascence