4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Renewal \Re*new"al\ (-al), n. The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: renewal n 1: the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation [syn: {reclamation}, {rehabilitation}] 2: the act of renewing 3: filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn: {refilling}, {replenishment}, {replacement}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 150 Moby Thesaurus words for "renewal": about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, amendment, another shot, another try, apostasy, atavism, backset, backward deviation, betterment, bracer, bracing, break, change, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, cordial, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, doubling, duplication, echo, enlivenment, exhilaration, face-lift, falling back, fitting, flip-flop, fresh start, furbishment, gradual change, imitation, improvement, invigoration, lapse, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, new beginning, new birth, overthrow, palingenesis, palingenesy, pick-me-up, plagiarism, qualification, quotation, radical change, re-creation, realignment, reanimation, reappearance, rebeginning, rebirth, reclamation, recommencement, reconditioning, recreation, recrudescence, recurrence, redemption, redesign, redoubling, reduplication, reecho, reentrance, refection, reform, reformation, refreshing, refreshment, refurbishment, regale, regalement, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, regression, regurgitation, reincarnation, reinvigoration, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, relapse, remaking, renaissance, renascence, renovation, reoccurrence, reopening, repetition, reproduction, reshaping, restructuring, resumption, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, retread, retreading, return, reversal, reverse, reversion, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, revolution, second wind, second youth, setback, shift, slum clearance, stimulation, sudden change, switch, throwback, tonic, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, upheaval, urban renewal, variation, variety, violent change, vivification, worsening From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: RENEWAL. A change of something old for for something new; as, the renewal of a note; the renewal of a lease. See Novation, and 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 800.
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