1. restoration(n = noun.time) - the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685;
2. restoration(n = noun.act) - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state;
Derived form verb restore1, verb restore2
3. restoration(n = noun.act) regaining, restitution, return - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
Derived form verb restore3
4. restoration(n = noun.state) refurbishment, renovation - the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
Derived form verb restore1
5. restoration(n = noun.artifact) - some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; "the restoration looked exactly like the original"
Derived form verb restore4
6. restoration(n = noun.artifact) - a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.;
7. restoration(n = noun.act) - the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660;
Derived form verb restore5
1. The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reëstablishment;
2. The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.;
3. That which is restored or renewed. [1913 Webster]
restoration, n.
1 the act or an instance of restoring or being restored.
2 a model or drawing representing the supposed original form of an extinct animal, ruined building, etc.
3 a the re-establishment of a monarch etc. b the period of this.
4 (Restoration) hist. a (prec. by the) the re-establishment of Charles II as king of England in 1660. b (often attrib.) the literary period following this (Restoration comedy).
Etymology:
17th-c. alt. (after RESTORE) of restauration, ME f. OF restauration or LL restauratio (as RESTORE)
N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.
N refreshment, bracing, recovery of strength, recuperation, restoration, revival, repair, refection, refocillation, refreshment, regalement, bait, relief, break, spell, refreshment stand, refreshments, ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food), refreshing, recuperative, refreshed, untired, unwearied.
N restitution, return, rendition, reddition, restoration, reinvestment, recuperation, rehabilitation, reparation, atonement, compensation, indemnification, release, replevin, redemption, recovery, remitter, reversion, restoring, recuperative, suum cuique.
N reversion, return, revulsion, turning point, turn of the tide, status quo ante bellum, calm before a storm, alternation, inversion, recoil, retreat, regression, retrogression, restoration, relapse, recidivism, atavism, vicinism, reverting, regressive, revulsive, reactionary, retrorse, a rebours.
N reproduction, renovation, restoration, renewal, new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis, revivification, apotheosis, resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance, regrowth, Phoenix, generation, multiplication, reproduced, renascent, reappearing, reproductive, suigenetic.