Rejuvenation

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of rendering young again. countable, uncountable

    "Utnapishtim hears his wife's plea and tells Gilgamesh where he can find a miraculous plant of invigoration and rejuvenation."

  2. 2
    the act of restoring to a more youthful condition wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of producing beneficial changes. countable, uncountable

    "the rejuvenation of the city center"

  4. 4
    the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
greeningnew birthpalingenesispalingenesyreanimationrebirth

Example

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"The best-known linguistic process with respect to the rejuvenation of Hebrew is the expansion of its vocabulary."

Etymology

From rejuvenate + -ion, cf. Latin reiuvenatiĊ.

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