Dictionary entry details
• RESTORATION (noun)
Meaning:
The reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)
Meaning:
The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("restoration" is a kind of...):
fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair; reparation (the act of putting something in working order again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restoration"):
re-establishment (restoration to a previous state)
gentrification (the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents))
reclamation; rehabilitation; renewal (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)
rejuvenation (the act of restoring to a more youthful condition)
Meaning:
Getting something back again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
regaining; restitution; restoration; return
Context example:
upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing
Hypernyms ("restoration" is a kind of...):
acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restoration"):
clawback (finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way)
Meaning:
The state of being restored to its former good condition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
refurbishment; renovation; restoration
Context example:
the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house
Hypernyms ("restoration" is a kind of...):
improvement; melioration (a condition superior to an earlier condition)
Meaning:
Some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the restoration looked exactly like the original
Hypernyms ("restoration" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Meaning:
A model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("restoration" is a kind of...):
model; simulation (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))
Meaning:
The re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Domain region:
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
