restoration
noun
[ rɛstəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.
• "the restoration of Andrew's sight"
Similar:
repair,
repairing,
fixing,
mending,
refurbishment,
reconditioning,
rehabilitation,
rebuilding,
reconstruction,
remodelling,
redecoration,
revamping,
revamp,
makeover,
overhaul,
redevelopment,
renovation,
modernization,
updating,
bringing up to date,
upgrading,
gentrification,
updation,
facelift,
refurb,
rehab,
• the return of a monarch to a throne, a head of state to government, or a regime to power.
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting the action of restoring to a former state): partly from Old French, partly an alteration of obsolete restauration (from late Latin restauratio(n- ), from the verb restaurare ), suggested by restore.
