restoration

• restauration (obsolete)

From Latin restauratio Morphologically restore +‎ -ation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Hyphenation: re‧sto‧ra‧tion

restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)

The restoration of antique mirror involved repainting its frame.

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

   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 Sacred Wood, "The Possibility of a Poetic Drama":

     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.
   • 1680, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, Act I, secene 1:

     Behold the differing climes agree

     Rejoicing in thy restoration.

   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.

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

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