revival

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

revive +‎ -al.

[edit] Noun

revival (plural revivals)

  1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
  2. Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
  3. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.
  4. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
  5. Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
  6. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
  7. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
    the revival of hot pants
  8. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.
  9. Revivification, as of a metal.

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