Reconstruction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reconstruction \Re`con*struc"tion\ (-str?k"sh?n), n.
     1. The act of constructing again; the state of being
        reconstructed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the


        governments of the States which had passed ordinances of
        secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional
        relations to the national government, after the close of
        the Civil War.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Reconstruction
       n 1: the period after the Civil War in the United States when the
            southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into
            the Union; 1865-1877 [syn: {Reconstruction Period}]
       2: the activity of constructing something again
       3: an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of
          evidence
       4: recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract
          features which are then used to construct the memory
          during recall [syn: {reconstructive memory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconstruction":
     copy, duplication, imitation, palingenesis, re-creation,
     re-formation, reassembling, reassembly, rebirth, rebuilding,
     reconstitution, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment,
     refabrication, refashioning, regeneration, regenesis,
     reinstitution, reissue, remaking, remodeling, renascence,
     renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting, reproduction,
     reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurrection, revision,
     revival