restoration

See also: Restoration

English

The restoration (sense 1) of antique mirror involved repainting its frame.

Alternative forms

• restauration (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: re‧sto‧ra‧tion

Noun

restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)

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

   Synonym: restitution

   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 Possibility of a Poetic Drama”, in The Sacred Wood:

     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.

   • 2024 August 21, 'Industry Insider', “The value of rail reopenings”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 68:

     Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an unexpected development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties.

3. 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.

   The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco.

   • 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:

     Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.

   • 2023 December 8, Jennifer Senior, “What Will Happen to the American Psyche If Trump Is Reelected?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     But now here we are, faced with the prospect of a Trump restoration.

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

Derived terms

• antirestoration
• counterrestoration
• ecorestoration
• identity restoration
• ID restoration
• immunorestoration
• invisible restoration
• misrestoration
• museum restoration
• neurorestoration
• overrestoration
• prerestoration
• restorational
• restoration creationism
• restoration ecology
• restorationism
• restorationist
• ruin-restoration creationism

 

Related terms

• restore
• restorable
• restorative

Translations

the process of bringing an object back to its original state

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: վերականգնում (hy) (verakangnum), ռեստավրացիա (hy) (ṙestavracʻia)
• Azerbaijani: bərpa
• Basque: zaharberritze
• Belarusian: аднаўле́нне n (adnaŭljénnje), рэстаўра́цыя f (restaŭrácyja), адбудо́ва f (adbudóva)
• Bulgarian: реставра́ция (bg) f (restavrácija), възстановя́ване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjávane)
• Catalan: restauració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恢復／恢复 (zh) (huīfù), 回復／回复 (zh) (huífù)

• Dutch: restauratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: restaŭro
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: restaurointi (fi), palauttaminen (fi), entisöinti (fi)
• French: restauration (fr) f
• Friulian: please add this translation if you can
• Galician: restauración (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Restaurierung (de) f, Wiederherstellung (de) f, Restauration (de) f
• Greek: αποκατάσταση (el) f (apokatástasi), (of a building) αναστήλωση (el) f (anastílosi), επαναφορά (el) f (epanaforá)
• Hebrew: שִׁחְזוּר m (shikh'zúr)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: restaurálás (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: restauro (it) m, restaurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku), 復旧 (ja) (ふっきゅう, fukkyū)
• Khmer: ការស្តារឡើងវិញ (kaastaalaəngvɨñ)
• Korean: 회복(回復)(恢復) (ko) (hoebok), 복구(復舊) (ko) (bokgu)
• Latin: reductiō f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: реставра́ција f (restavrácija), о́бнова f (óbnova)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: restaurering m or f

  Nynorsk: restaurering f

• Occitan: restauracion f
• Polish: odbudowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: restauração (pt) f
• Romanian: restaurare (ro) f
• Russian: восстановле́ние (ru) n (vosstanovlénije) (various senses), реставра́ция (ru) f (restavrácija)
• Slovene: restavriranje n
• Spanish: restauración (es) f
• Tagalog: pagsasag-uli
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: restorasyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: відно́влення n (vidnóvlennja), реставра́ція (uk) f (restavrácija), відбудо́ва f (vidbudóva)
• Vietnamese: hồi phục (vi), khôi phục (vi)
• Welsh: adnewyddu (cy) m, adnewyddiad m, adferiad m, adfer (cy) m
• Zazaki: anewe kerden, restorasyon

the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power

• Armenian: ռեստավրացիա (hy) (ṙestavracʻia)
• Azerbaijani: bərpa
• Bulgarian: реставрация (bg) f (restavracija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復辟 (zh) (fùbì)

• Dutch: herstel (nl) n
• Esperanto: rereĝigo, rereĝiĝo
• Finnish: palauttaminen valtaan, valtaanpaluu
• German: Restauration (de) f
• Greek: παλινόρθωση (el) f (palinórthosi)
• Hungarian: restauráció (hu)
• Italian: restaurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 王政復古 (ja) (ōsei fukko)
• Macedonian: реставра́ција f (restavrácija)
• Occitan: restauracion f
• Portuguese: restauração (pt) f
• Russian: реститу́ция (ru) f (restitúcija)
• Slovene: restavracija (sl) f
• Spanish: restauración (es) f
• Ukrainian: реставрація (uk) f (restavracija)
• Welsh: adferiad m, adfer (cy) m
• Zazaki: irtica

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