restoration

• restauration (obsolete)

From Latin restaurātiō. By surface analysis, restore +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Hyphenation: re‧sto‧ra‧tion

restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)

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

   Synonym: restitution

   foreskin restoration

   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 Possibility of a Poetic Drama”, in The Sacred Wood:

     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.

   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.

   • 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:

     Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.

   • 2023 December 8, Jennifer Senior, “What Will Happen to the American Psyche If Trump Is Reelected?”, in The Atlantic‎:

     But now here we are, faced with the prospect of a Trump restoration.

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

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