restoration

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Bringing back to a former state

Nouns

1. restoration, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstruction, renovation, renewal, revival, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, second wind or breath; reorganization, perestroika. See improvement, newness.

2. (rebirth) renaissance, renascence, second youth, rejuvenescence, resurrection, resurgence, rebirth, recrudescence, new birth; regeneration, regeneracy, reconversion; comeback; reincarnation.

3. recovery, convalescence, recuperation, cure, repair, reparation, reclamation, retrieval, relief, healing, rectification, cicatrization. See remedy.

4. restitution, return, rendition, redemption, reinvestment, atonement; redress, replevin, reversion; status quo ante. Informal, giveback.

5. (someone or something that restores) restorer, refinisher; repairer, repairman or -woman, mechanic; adjuster; service station; halfway house, convalescent home.

Verbs

1. restore, put back, reinstate, rehabilitate, reestablish, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert; renew, renovate, regenerate; redecorate, remodel; make or do over.

2. recover, rally, convalesce, revive, come to, come around, pull through, be oneself again, come to one's senses, get well, rise from the grave, survive, live again, get over. Informal, snap out of it.

3. redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, salvage.

4. (revive) redress, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate; bring [a]round, set on one's legs; resuscitate, bring to, reanimate, revivify, resurrect, reinvigorate, refresh, freshen, strengthen, pick up; make whole, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, put to rights, clear up, set straight, correct, put in order, put one's house in order; refit, recruit, reinforce.

5. (restore to former state) repair, mend, fix, retouch, touch up, recondition, overhaul, [re]vamp, tinker, patch [up], darn, stop a gap, staunch, caulk, splice, bind up wounds.

6. return, give back, bring back, render up, give up, let go, disgorge, reimburse, refund, remit; get back, revert. Slang, cough up, kick back. See

relinquishment.

Adjectives

1. restored, renewed, convalescent, on the mend, none the worse, on one's feet, all better; refreshed.

2. restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, curative, remedial, sanatory, salubrious (see health); refreshing, bracing.

3. restorable, recoverable, retrievable, curable.

Antonyms, see destruction, acquisition.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The act of restoring]

Syn. revival, healing, return, cure, remaking, renovation, renewal, rehabilitation, reclamation, reformation, recreation, alteration, replacing, remodeling, rejuvenation, rebuilding, reestablishment; see also recovery 1 .

2. [The act of reconstructing]

Syn. rehabilitation, reconstruction, reparation, refurbishment; see repair .

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of making new or as if new again: face-lift, facelifting, refurbishment, rejuvenation, renewal, renovation, revampment. See HELP, NEW.