restoration

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Noun

restoration (plural restorations)

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

   The restoration of this painting will take years.

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

2. 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.

Translations

the process of bringing an object back to its original state

Chinese: Mandarin: 恢復 (zh), 恢复 (zh) (huīfù), 回復 (zh), 回复 (zh) (huífù) Finnish: restaurointi (fi), palauttaminen (fi) French: restauration (fr) f. Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Restaurierung (de) f., Wiederherstellung (de) f., Restauration (de) f. Greek: αποκατάσταση (el) (apokatástasi) f., (of a building) αναστύλωση (el) (anastýlosi) f., επαναφορά (el) (epanaforá) f.

Hungarian: restaurálás (hu) Italian: restauro (it) m. Japanese: 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku) Russian: восстановление (ru) (vosstanovlénije) n. (various senses), реставрация (ru) (restavrácija) f. Spanish: restauración (es) f.

the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power

Chinese: Mandarin: 復辟 (zh), 复辟 (zh) (fùbì) Finnish: palauttaminen valtaan, valtaanpaluu Greek: παλινόρθωση (el) (palinórthosi) f.

Hungarian: restauráció (hu) Italian: restaurazione (it) f. Russian: реституция (ru) (restitúcija) f.

See also

• restore