animation

Noun

• general activity and motion

• the making of animated cartoons

• the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

• quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

• the property of being able to survive and grow
  • the vitality of a seed
    

• the condition of living or the state of being alive
  • while there's life there's hope
    
  • life depends on many chemical and physical processes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  liveliness , vivification , invigoration , spiritedness , brio , vitality , life , living , aliveness