| restoration | | |
| n. (time) | 1. restoration | the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685. |
| ~ historic period, age | an era of history having some distinctive feature.; "we live in a litigious age" |
| n. (act) | 2. restoration | the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state. |
| ~ re-establishment | restoration to a previous state.; "regular exercise resulted in the re-establishment of his endurance" |
| ~ fixing, repair, mend, mending, fix, reparation, fixture | the act of putting something in working order again. |
| ~ gentrification | the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents). |
| ~ reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation | the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation. |
| ~ rehabilitation | the restoration of someone to a useful place in society. |
| ~ reinstatement | the act of restoring someone to a previous position.; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel" |
| ~ rejuvenation | the act of restoring to a more youthful condition. |
| n. (act) | 3. regaining, restitution, restoration, return | getting something back again.; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" |
| ~ acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something.; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| ~ clawback | finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way.; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received" |
| n. (state) | 4. refurbishment, renovation, restoration | the state of being restored to its former good condition.; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" |
| ~ melioration, improvement | a condition superior to an earlier condition.; "the new school represents a great improvement" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. restoration | some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed.; "the restoration looked exactly like the original" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. restoration | a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.. |
| ~ simulation, model | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). |
| n. (act) | 7. restoration | the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660. |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ england | a division of the United Kingdom. |
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