restoration

(noun)

noun

1. the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

Definition categories: time

2. the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

Definition categories: act, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation

3. getting something back again

Similar word(s): regaining, restitution, return

Definition categories: act, acquisition

4. the state of being restored to its former good condition

Similar word(s): refurbishment, renovation

Definition categories: state, improvement, melioration

5. some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed

- the restoration looked exactly like the original

Definition categories: man–made, artefact, artifact

6. a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

Definition categories: man–made, model, simulation

7. the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660

Definition categories: act

Sentences with restoration as a noun:

- The restoration of this painting will take years.

- The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.

- The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.