restoration
See also: Restoration
English
Alternative forms
- restauration (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin restauratio
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Noun
restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)
- The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
- 1921, T.S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood, "The Possibility of a Poetic Drama":
- There is all the difference between preservation and restoration.
- The restoration of this painting will take years.
- The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.
- 1921, T.S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood, "The Possibility of a Poetic Drama":
- The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.
- 1680, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, Act I, secene 1:
- Behold the differing climes agree
- Rejoicing in thy restoration.
- 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.
- 1680, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, Act I, secene 1:
- (theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.
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the process of bringing an object back to its original state
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the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power
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