Regeneration

4 definitions found

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

  Regeneration \Re*gen`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [L. regeneratio:
     cf. F. r['e]g['e]neration.]
     1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being
        regenerated.
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     2. (Theol.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act
        of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by
        which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for
        the opposite motives in the heart.
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              He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and
              renewing of the Holy Chost.           --Tit. iii. 5.
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     3. (Biol.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed
        or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially
        characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the
        regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders
        and crabs.
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     4. (Physiol.)
        (a) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc.,
            which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary
            processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of
            the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration
            of the contractile substance of muscle.
        (b) The union of parts which have been severed, so that
            they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration
            of a nerve.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  regeneration
       n 1: (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or
            organs
       2: feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input [syn: {positive
          feedback}]
       3: the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
       4: forming again (especially with improvements or removal of
          defects); renewing and reconstituting [syn: {re-formation}]

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

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "regeneration":
     Fabianism, adoption, amendment, change of allegiance,
     change of heart, change of mind, circumcision, conversion, copy,
     duplication, extremism, gradualism, imitation, improvement,
     meliorism, new birth, new life, palingenesis, palingenesy,
     progressivism, radical reform, radicalism, re-creation,
     re-formation, reanimation, rebirth, rebuilding, reclamation,
     reconstitution, reconstruction, recrudescence, redeemedness,
     redemption, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment,
     refashioning, reform, reformation, reformism, refreshment,
     regeneracy, regenerateness, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue,
     rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance, renascence,
     renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
     reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence,
     resurrection, resuscitation, revision, revisionism, revival,
     revivescence, revivescency, revivification, revolution, salvation,
     second birth, second wind, second youth, spiritual purification,
     transformation, utopianism
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Regeneration
     only found in Matt. 19:28 and Titus 3:5. This word literally
     means a "new birth." The Greek word so rendered (palingenesia)
     is used by classical writers with reference to the changes
     produced by the return of spring. In Matt. 19:28 the word is
     equivalent to the "restitution of all things" (Acts 3:21). In
     Titus 3:5 it denotes that change of heart elsewhere spoken of as
     a passing from death to life (1 John 3:14); becoming a new
     creature in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:17); being born again (John
     3:5); a renewal of the mind (Rom. 12:2); a resurrection from the
     dead (Eph. 2:6); a being quickened (2:1, 5).
     
       This change is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. It originates not
     with man but with God (John 1:12, 13; 1 John 2:29; 5:1, 4).
     
       As to the nature of the change, it consists in the implanting
     of a new principle or disposition in the soul; the impartation
     of spiritual life to those who are by nature "dead in trespasses
     and sins."
     
       The necessity of such a change is emphatically affirmed in
     Scripture (John 3:3; Rom. 7:18; 8:7-9; 1 Cor. 2:14; Eph. 2:1;
     4:21-24).