embodiment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a new personification of a familiar idea
    incarnation; avatar.
    • the embodiment of hope
    • the incarnation of evil
    • the very avatar of cunning
  2. noun a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
    shape.
    • a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life
  3. noun giving concrete form to an abstract concept

WordNet

Em*bod"i*ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
  2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

Webster 1913