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Restoration

//ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
The events of 1660 when English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were restored under Charles II.
2
The era of Restoration (1660 to 1685) under Charles II, or to 1688 when James II was king.
3
The restoring of the Bourbon Dynasty in 1814.
4
The restoring of imperial rule in Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

Noun

1
The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something. countable, uncountable
"foreskin restoration"
2
getting something back again wordnet
3
The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis). countable
"These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal."
4
the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state wordnet
5
The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down. countable, uncountable
"The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell."

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6
a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. wordnet
7
The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production. countable, uncountable
"The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment."
8
some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed wordnet
9
The receiving of a sinner to divine favor. countable, uncountable
10
the state of being restored to its former good condition wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.

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