Hypertext Webster Gateway: "renovation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Renovation \Ren`o**va"tion\ (-v?"sh?n), n. [L. renovatio: cf. F.
r['e]novation.]
The act or process of renovating; the state of being
renovated or renewed. --Thomson.
There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual
renovation of the world. --Rabbler.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
renovation
n 1: the act of renovating [syn: {redevelopment}]
2: the state of being restored to its former good condition;
"the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" [syn: {restoration}]
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