Akademik

opening
index access (right of way), admission (entry), admittance (means of approach), chance (fortuity), egress, entrance, first appearance, hiatus, inception, initial, loophole, margin (spare amount), occasion, onset (commencement), opportunity, original (initial), origination, outlet, outset, portal, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelude, preparatory, rift (gap), start

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006