Renovation

3 definitions found

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

  Renovation \Ren`o**va"tion\ (-v?"sh?n), n. [L. renovatio: cf. F.
     r['e]novation.]
     The act or process of renovating; the state of being
     renovated or renewed. --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual
           renovation of the world.                 --Rabbler.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  renovation
       n 1: the act of improving by renewing and restoring [syn: {redevelopment}]
       2: the state of being restored to its former good condition;
          "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" [syn: {restoration},
           {refurbishment}]

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

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "renovation":
     copy, duplication, face-lift, furbishment, imitation, palingenesis,
     re-creation, re-formation, rebirth, rebuilding, reconditioning,
     reconstitution, reconstruction, redesign, redoing, reedition,
     reestablishment, refashioning, refreshment, refurbishment,
     regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, remaking,
     renascence, renewal, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
     reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurrection,
     retread, retreading, revision, revival, slum clearance,
     urban renewal