noun (n)

• a new personification of a familiar idea(noun.person)

  Example:
  The embodiment of hope.
  

  Synonym:
  avatar, incarnation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  A circle was the embodiment of his concept of life.
  

  Synonym:
  shape
  

  source: wordnet30
• giving concrete form to an abstract concept(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.(noun)

  source: webster1913