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The act of restoring.
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Renewal; revival; reëstablishment: as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war; the restoration of a declining commerce.
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In architecture and art, the repair of injuries suffered.
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A plan or design of an ancient building, etc., showing it in its original state: as, the restoration of a picture; the restoration of a cathedral.
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The state of being restored; recovery; renewal of health and soundness; recovery from a lapse or any bad state: as, restoration from sickness.
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In theology:
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The recovery of a sinner to the divine favor.
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The doctrine of the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of blessedness; universal salvation: a form of Universalism.
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That which is restored.
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In milit. service, repayment for private losses incurred by persons in service, such as horses killed or arms destroyed.
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In paleontology, the putting together in their proper places of the bones or other remains of an extinct animal; also, the more or less ideal representation of the external form and aspect of such an animal, as inferred from its known remains. See cuts under Dinotherium, Iguanodon, and Labyrinthodon.
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In musical notation, the act, process, or result of canceling a chromatic sign, whether ♯ b, or ♯ and thus bringing a degree of the staff or a note on it back to its original signification.
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In Jewish hist., the return of the Jews to Palestine about 537 b. c.; also, their future return to and possession of the Holy Land as expected by many of the Jewish race, and by others.
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In French history, the return of the Bourbons to power in 1814 and—after the episode of the “Hundred Days”—in 1815.
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Synonyms and Renovation, redintegration, reinstatement, return, restitution. See restore.