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res·to·ra·tion

(rĕs′tə-rā′shən)

a. An act of restoring: damage too great for restoration.

b. An instance of restoring or of being restored: Restoration of the sculpture was expensive.

c. The state of being restored.

2. Something, such as a renovated building, that has been restored.

3. Restoration

a. The return of a constitutional monarchy to Great Britain in 1660 under Charles II.

b. The period between the crowning of Charles II and the Revolution of 1688.

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restoration

(ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən)

1. the act of restoring or state of being restored, as to a former or original condition, place, etc

2. the replacement or giving back of something lost, stolen, etc

3. something restored, replaced, or reconstructed

4. a model or representation of an extinct animal, landscape of a former geological age, etc

Restoration

(ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən)

1. (Historical Terms) history

a. the re-establishment of the monarchy in 1660 or the reign of Charles II (1660–85)

b. (as modifier): Restoration drama.

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) history

a. the re-establishment of the monarchy in 1660 or the reign of Charles II (1660–85)

b. (as modifier): Restoration drama.

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res•to•ra•tion

(ˌrɛs təˈreɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of restoring.

2. the state of being restored.

3. a return of something to an original or unimpaired condition.

4. restitution of something taken away or lost.

5. something restored, as by renovating.

6. a reconstruction or reproduction, as of an extinct form, showing it in the original state.

a. the work or process of replacing or restoring teeth or parts of teeth.

b. something that restores or replaces teeth, as a denture or filling.

8. the Restoration,

a. the reestablishment of the monarchy in England with the return of Charles II in 1660.

b. the period of the reign of Charles II (1660–85), sometimes including the reign of James II (1685–88).

[1350–1400; < Late Latin restaurātiō < Latin restaurāre to restore]

Restoration

1660 The return of the Stuart dynasty after the Commonwealth. Also refers to the social and artistic fashions introduced during the period 1660–1714.

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Noun	1.	Restoration - the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
	2.	restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state re-establishment - restoration to a previous state; "regular exercise resulted in the re-establishment of his endurance" fixing, repair, mend, mending, reparation, fix, fixture - the act of putting something in working order again gentrification - the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents) reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation - 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; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel" rejuvenation - the act of restoring to a more youthful condition
	3.	restoration - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" regaining, restitution, return acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" clawback - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"
	4.	restoration - the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" refurbishment, renovation melioration, improvement - a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"
	5.	restoration - some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; "the restoration looked exactly like the original" artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
	6.	restoration - a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. simulation, model - representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
	7.	Restoration - the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660 England - a division of the United Kingdom

restoration

noun

1. reinstatement, return, revival, restitution, re-establishment, reinstallation, replacement the restoration of diplomatic relations
reinstatement overthrow, abolition

2. repair, recovery, reconstruction, renewal, rehabilitation, refurbishing, refreshment, renovation, rejuvenation, revitalization I specialized in the restoration of old houses.
repair scrapping, wrecking, demolition

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restoration

noun

The act of making new or as if new again:

face-lift, facelifting, refurbishment, rejuvenation, renewal, renovation, revampment.

Translations

تَرْميم، تَصْليح

rekonstrukce

restaurering

Restaurierung

αποκατάσταση παλινόρθωση αναστύλωση

restauración

palauttaminenrestaurointi

restaurationrenouvèlement

restaurálás

viîgerî

restaurazione restauro restituzione ripristino

восстановление

obnova

restorasyon yenileme

恢复重建

restoration

[ˌrestəˈreɪʃən] N

1. [of money, possession] → devolución f, restitución f (frm)

2. [of relations, links, order] → restablecimiento m; [of confidence] → devolución f; [of monarchy, democracy] → restauración f

3. [of building, painting, antique] → restauración f

4. (Brit) (Hist) the Restoration → la Restauración (época que comienza con la restauración de Carlos II en el trono británico)

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Restoration

[ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃ^ən] n (in Britain) the Restoration → la Restauration anglaise

restoration

[ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃ^ən]

[monument, building] → restauration f; [painting, parchment] → restauration f

(re-establishment) [law, order, democracy, monarchy, links, relations] → restauration

(= giving back) [property] → restitution f

modif [project, work] → de restauration

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restoration

(= return) → Rückgabe f (→ to an +acc); (of property) → Rückerstattung f, → Rückgabe f (→ to an +acc); (of confidence, order, calm, peace) → Wiederherstellung f; (to office) → Wiedereinsetzung f (→ to in +acc)

the Restoration (Hist) → die Restauration

(of monument, work of art) → Restaurierung f

(Comput) (of window, file, default etc) → Wiederherstellung f

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restoration

[ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃ/ən] n

a. (repair, of building, monument) → restauro

b. (return, of land, property) → restituzione f, riconsegna; (reintroduction, of law and order) → ripristino; (of confidence) → ristabilimento (History) the Restoration → la Restaurazione

restore

(rəˈstoː) verb

1. to repair (a building, a painting, a piece of furniture etc) so that it looks as it used to or ought to.

2. to bring back to a normal or healthy state. The patient was soon restored to health.

3. to bring or give back. to restore law and order; The police restored the stolen cars to their owners.

4. to bring or put (a person) back to a position, rank etc he once had. He was asked to resign but was later restored to his former job as manager.

ˌrestoˈration (restə-) noun

The building was closed for restoration(s).

reˈstorer noun

a person or thing that restores. a furniture-restorer.

res·to·ra·tion

n. restauración, restitución, restablecimiento, acción de restituir algo a su estado original.

restoration

n (dent, surg) restauración f

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But after the death of Cromwell came the Restoration. Dryden had been able to admire Cromwell, but although he came of a Puritan family he could never have been a Puritan at heart.

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The Restoration Period, from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Dryden in 1700.

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Your restoration to peace will, I doubt not, speedily follow this act of filial obedience, and I flatter myself with the hope of surviving my share in this disappointment.

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From 1682 to 1695, as if the Restoration had not come, there was but one theatre in London.

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Do thou, therefore, O Rhadamanthus, who sittest in judgment with me in the murky caverns of Dis, as thou knowest all that the inscrutable fates have decreed touching the resuscitation of this damsel, announce and declare it at once, that the happiness we look forward to from her restoration be no longer deferred."

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Both the parents died before the Restoration, leaving the little girl to the care of her pious grandmother, la vicomtesse, who survived, in a feeble old age, to descant on the former grandeur of her house, and to sigh, in common with so many others, for le bon vieux temps.

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The cathedral had been ruined, absolutely ruined, by restoration; not an inch left of the original structure.

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At first the movements about those spots were of a humble kind--those that belong to domestic service or agricultural needs--the opening of doors and windows, the sweeping and brushing, and generally the restoration of habitual order.

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1813) flow from the same sources- the circumstances of his birth, education, and life- that made his personality what it was and from which the actions for which they blame him (the Holy Alliance, the restoration of Poland, and the reaction of 1820 and later) also flowed?

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I have ruined myself, my friend, ruined myself for the restoration of this young prince who has just passed, cantering on his isabelle colored horse."

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He well understood that under the Restoration, a period of continual compromises between men, between things, between accomplished facts and other facts looking on the horizon, it was all-important for the ruling powers to have a household drudge.

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I made the above discovery on the twenty-ninth of the month -- anniversary of the Restoration of my royal predecessor in the field of human sympathies, Charles the Second.