regeneration

re- +‎ generation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

regeneration (countable and uncountable, plural regenerations)

1. Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal.

   The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration.

2. (theology) Spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one
3. (Christianity) The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.
4. The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply.
5. (role-playing games, fantasy) The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.
   • 1995, David Zeb Cook; Jean Rabe; Warren Spector, Dungeon master guide for the AD&D game, page 202:

     The standard ring of regeneration restores one point of damage per turn (and will eventually replace lost limbs or organs).

   • 2003, Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood

     Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation.

• rebirth
• regen (abbreviation)

• regenerate

• regeneration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• generationer