restoration

restoration

See also: Restoration

English

Alternative forms

• restauration (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin restauratioMorphologically restore +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Hyphenation: re‧sto‧ra‧tion

Noun

restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)

The restoration of antique mirror involved repainting its frame.

1. The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

   foreskinrestoration

   The restoration of this painting will take years.

   The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.

   • 1921, T.S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood, "The Possibility of a Poetic Drama":

     There is all the difference between preservation and restoration.

   • 1945 July and August, “Victory in Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:

     As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities.

2. The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.
   • 1680, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, Act I, secene 1:

     Behold the differing climes agree

     Rejoicing in thy restoration.

   The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.

   The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco.

3. (theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.

Related terms

• restore
• restorable
• restorative

Translations

the process of bringing an object back to its original state

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: վերականգնում (hy) (verakangnum), ռեստավրացիա (hy) (ṙestavracʿia) Azerbaijani: bərpa Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: аднаўле́нне n (adnaŭljénnje), рэстаўра́цыя f (restaŭrácyja), адбудо́ва f (adbudóva) Bulgarian: реставрация (bg) f (restavracija) Chinese: Mandarin: 恢復／恢复 (zh) (huīfù), 回復／回复 (zh) (huífù) Dutch: restauratie (nl) f Esperanto: restaŭro Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: restaurointi (fi), palauttaminen (fi), entisöinti French: restauration (fr) f Friulian: please add this translation if you can Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Restaurierung (de) f, Wiederherstellung (de) f, Restauration (de) f Greek: αποκατάσταση (el) f (apokatástasi), (of a building) αναστήλωση (el) f (anastílosi), επαναφορά (el) f (epanaforá) Hebrew: שחזור‎ m (shikh'zúr) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: restaurálás Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Italian: restauro (it) m, restaurazione (it) f Japanese: 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku), 復旧 (ja) (ふっきゅう, fukkyū) Khmer: ការស្តារឡើងវិញ (kaastaalaəngvɨñ) Korean: 회복(回復)(恢復) (ko) (hoebok), 복구(復舊) (ko) (bokgu) Latin: reductiō f Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malay: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: restaurering m or f Nynorsk: restaurering f Occitan: restauracion f Polish: odbudowa (pl) f Portuguese: restauração (pt) f Romanian: restaurare (ro) f Russian: восстановле́ние (ru) n (vosstanovlénije) (various senses), реставра́ция (ru) f (restavrácija) Slovene: restavriranje n Spanish: restauración (es) f Tagalog: pagsasag-uli Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: restorasyon (tr) Ukrainian: відно́влення n (vidnóvlennja), реставра́ція (uk) f (restavrácija), відбудо́ва f (vidbudóva) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: please add this translation if you can Zazaki: anewe kerden, restorasyon

the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power

Armenian: ռեստավրացիա (hy) (ṙestavracʿia) Azerbaijani: bərpa Bulgarian: реставрация (bg) f (restavracija) Chinese: Mandarin: 復辟／复辟 (zh) (fùbì) Dutch: herstel (nl) n Esperanto: rereĝigo, rereĝiĝo Finnish: palauttaminen valtaan, valtaanpaluu German: Restauration (de) f Greek: παλινόρθωση (el) f (palinórthosi) Hungarian: restauráció Italian: restaurazione (it) f Japanese: 王政復古 (ōsei fukko) Occitan: restauracion f Portuguese: restauração (pt) f Russian: реститу́ция (ru) f (restitúcija) Slovene: restavracija (sl) f Spanish: restauración (es) f Ukrainian: реставрація (uk) f (restavracija) Zazaki: irtica

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