restoration
/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/ nom C1En français : restauration
- The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something. · foreskin restoration· The restoration of this painting will take years.
- The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis). · These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal.
- 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.· The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco.
- The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production. · The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment.· The restoration of capitalism in Eastern Europe made way for improvement in human rights.
- The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.
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Made a peer at the Restoration, I served through the first campaign under the orders of Marshal Bourmont.
Their manner of living, even when the restoration of peace dismissed them to a home, was unsettled in the extreme.
This petition to Napoleon, kept back by Villefort, had become, under the second restoration, a terrible weapon against him in the hands of the king’s attorney.
Bennet would have been very miserable; but being satisfied on seeing her that her illness was not alarming, she had no wish of her recovering immediately, as her restoration to health would probably remove her from Netherfield.
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