English Online Dictionary. What means restoration? What does restoration mean?
English
Alternative forms
- restauration (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/
- Hyphenation: re‧sto‧ra‧tion
Noun
restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)
- The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
- Synonym: restitution
- The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.
- The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production.
- (theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.
Derived terms
Related terms
- restore
- restorable
- restorative
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Anagrams
- orientators, rerotations