English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Latin restauratio restore -ation
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/ Hyphenation: re‧sto‧ra‧tion restoration (countable and uncountable plural restorations
The restoration of antique mirror involved repainting its frame. 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.
1921 T.S. Eliot , “The Possibility of a Poetic Drama”, in The Sacred Wood :There is all the difference between preservation and restoration .
1945 Railway Magazine , page 187 :As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities.
The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power , usually after having been forced to step down.
1680 , John Dryden , Albion and Albanius , Act I, secene 1:
Behold the differing climes agree
Rejoicing in thy restoration . The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.
The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco.
( theology ) receiving of a sinner to divine favor .Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] the process of bringing an object back to its original state
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: վերականգնում (hy) ( verakangnum ) , ռեստավրացիա (hy) ( ṙestavracʿia )
Azerbaijani: bərpa
Basque: zaharberritze
Belarusian: аднаўле́нне n ( adnaŭljénnje ) , рэстаўра́цыя f ( restaŭrácyja ) , адбудо́ва f ( adbudóva )
Bulgarian: реставра́ция (bg) f ( restavrácija ) , възстановя́ване (bg) n ( vǎzstanovjávane )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 恢復 ／ 恢复 (zh) ( huīfù ) , 回復 ／ 回复 (zh) ( huífù )
Dutch: restauratie (nl) f
Esperanto: restaŭro
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: restaurointi (fi) , palauttaminen (fi) , entisöinti
French: restauration (fr) f
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Restaurierung (de) f Wiederherstellung (de) f Restauration (de) f
Greek: αποκατάσταση (el) f ( apokatástasi ) , ( of a building ) αναστήλωση (el) f ( anastílosi ) , επαναφορά (el) f ( epanaforá )
Hebrew: שִׁחְזוּר m ( shikh'zúr )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: restaurálás (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Italian: restauro (it) m restaurazione (it) f
Japanese: 回復 (ja) ( かいふく, kaifuku ) , 復旧 (ja) ( ふっきゅう, fukkyū )
Khmer: ការស្តារឡើងវិញ ( kaastaalaəngvɨñ )
Korean: 회복(回復)(恢復) (ko) ( hoebok ) , 복구(復舊) (ko) ( bokgu )
Latin: reductiō f
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: реставра́ција f ( restavrácija ) , о́бнова f ( óbnova )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: restaurering m or f
Nynorsk: restaurering f
Occitan: restauracion f
Polish: odbudowa (pl) f
Portuguese: restauração (pt) f
Romanian: restaurare (ro) f
Russian: восстановле́ние (ru) n ( vosstanovlénije ) ( various senses ) , реставра́ция (ru) f ( restavrácija )
Slovene: restavriranje n
Spanish: restauración (es) f
Tagalog: pagsasag-uli
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: restorasyon (tr)
Ukrainian: відно́влення n ( vidnóvlennja ) , реставра́ція (uk) f ( restavrácija ) , відбудо́ва f ( vidbudóva )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: adnewyddu (cy) m adnewyddiad m adferiad m adfer (cy) m
Zazaki: anewe kerden restorasyon
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