restoration

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed

   the restoration looked exactly like the original

2. 2
   noun

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

   foreskin restoration

3. 3
   noun

   The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis).

   These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production.

   The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment.

6. 6
   noun

   getting something back again

7. 7
   noun

   the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

8. 8
   noun

   a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

Etymology

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