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restoration

noun
/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.

  1. derived from restaurātiō
  2. inherited from restoracion

Definitions

  1. The process of bringing an object back to its original state

    The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

    • foreskin restoration
    • The restoration of this painting will take years.
    • The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.

  2. The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis).

    • These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal.

  3. The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to…

    The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.

    • The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.
    • The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco.
    • Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production.

      • The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment.
      • The restoration of capitalism in Eastern Europe made way for improvement in human rights.

    2. The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.

    3. The events of 1660 when English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were restored under…

      The events of 1660 when English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were restored under Charles II.

    4. The era of Restoration (1660 to 1685) under Charles II, or to 1688 when James II was king.

    5. The restoring of the Bourbon Dynasty in 1814.

    6. The restoring of imperial rule in Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

The neighborhood

Derived

antirestoration, counterrestoration, ecorestoration, estimated time of restoration, identity restoration, ID restoration, immunorestoration, invisible restoration, misrestoration, museum restoration, mycorestoration, neurorestoration, overrestoration, prerestoration, restorational, restoration creationism, restoration ecology, restorationism, restorationist, ruin-restoration creationism

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at restoration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at restoration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at restoration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA