Nouns

(n)animation, life, living, alivenessthe condition of living or the state of being alive“while there's life there's hope”, “life depends on many chemical and physical processes”
(n)animation, vitalitythe property of being able to survive and grow“the vitality of a seed”
(n)animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivificationquality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
(n)vivification, invigoration, animationthe activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
(n)animationthe making of animated cartoons
(n)liveliness, animationgeneral activity and motion