reconstruction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of building or putting something together again, often better than before.

   The reconstruction of the war-torn city took many years.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of restoring something to an earlier state.

   The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.

3. 3
   noun

   A detailed recreation of how a past event probably happened.

   The detective's reconstruction of the crime convinced the jury.

4. 4
   name

   The period in United States history from 1865 to 1877 when the country rebuilt the South after the Civil War.

   Reconstruction reshaped the political life of the Southern states.

A proper-noun variant of reconstruction.

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