 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Restoration
noun
1: the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
2: the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory
state
3: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the
book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
lashing" [syn: {restitution}, {return}, {regaining}]
4: the state of being restored to its former good condition;
"the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" [syn: {renovation},
{refurbishment}]
5: some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; "the
restoration looked exactly like the original"
6: a model that represents the landscape of a former geological
age or that represents and extinct animal etc.
7: the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Restoration \Res'to*ra"tion\ (r?s't?*r?"sh?n), noun [OE.
restauracion, F. restauration, fr. L. restauratio. See
{Restore}.]
1. The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place,
station, or condition; the fact of being restored;
renewal; re["e]stablishment; as, the restoration of
friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after
war.
Behold the different climes agree,
Rejoicing in thy restoration. --Dryden.
2. The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength,
etc.; as, restoration from sickness.
3. That which is restored or renewed.
{The restoration} (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles
II. in 1660, and the re["e]stablishment of monarchy.
{Universal restoration} (Theol.), the final recovery of all
men from sin and alienation from God to a state of
happiness; universal salvation.
Syn: Recovery; replacement; renewal; renovation;
redintegration; reinstatement; re["e]stablishment;
return; revival; restitution; reparation.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "restoration":
Great Leap Forward, about-face, advance, advancement, amelioration,
amendment, ascent, backing, backsliding, bettering, betterment,
boost, clearance, clearing, copy, destigmatization, destigmatizing,
disenchantment, duplication, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics,
euthenics, exculpation, explanation, extradition, flip-flop,
fortification, furtherance, giving back, headway, imitation,
improvement, justification, lapse, lift, melioration, mend,
mending, palingenesis, pickup, preferment, progress, progression,
promotion, purgation, purging, ransom, rationalization,
re-creation, re-formation, rebirth, rebuilding, recapture,
recidivation, recidivism, reclaiming, reclamation, recommitment,
reconstitution, reconstruction, reconversion, recoup, recoupment,
recovery, recuperation, reddition, redemption, redesign, redoing,
reedition, reestablishment, refashioning, refurbishment,
regainment, regeneration, regenesis, regress, regression,
rehabilitation, reinstatement, reinstitution, reissue,
rejuvenation, relapse, remaking, remand, remandment, remitter,
renascence, rendition, renewal, renovation, reoccupation,
reorganization, repair, repatriation, repetition, replevin,
replevy, repossession, reprinting, reproduction, reshaping,
restitution, restoring, restructuring, resumption, resurrection,
retake, retaking, retrieval, retrieve, retrocession,
retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return, returning,
reversal, reverse, reversion, reverting, revindication, revision,
revival, revulsion, rise, salvage, sending back, slipping back,
trover, turn, turnabout, upbeat, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend,
upward mobility, vindication, vitaminization
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