Definition of Renewal

1. Noun. The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation.

Exact synonyms: Reclamation, Rehabilitation
Generic synonyms: Restoration
Specialized synonyms: Re-afforestation, Reforestation, Urban Renewal
Derivative terms: Reclaim, Rehabilitate

2. Noun. The act of renewing.
Generic synonyms: Repeating, Repetition
Specialized synonyms: Self-renewal
Derivative terms: Renew

3. Noun. Filling again by supplying what has been used up.
Exact synonyms: Refilling, Replacement, Replenishment
Generic synonyms: Filling
Derivative terms: Refill, Replenish

Definition of Renewal

1. n. The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

Definition of Renewal

1. Noun. The act of renewing. ¹

2. Noun. (fencing) An offensive action made immediately after a parried one ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Renewal

1. the act of renewing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Renewal

renerving
renest
renested
renesting
renests
renew
renewabilities
renewability
renewable
renewable energy
renewable energy resource
renewable resource
renewable resources
renewables
renewably
renewal (current term)
renewals
renewed
renewedly
renewedness
renewer
renewers
renewest
renewing
renewings
renews
reney
reneye
reneyed
reneyes

Literary usage of Renewal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"not in renewal.99 Nor does it apply in the case of a renewal, where the defense is snch that it can be and is cured by the renewal.1 (и) BONA FIDE HOLDERS. ..."

2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"renewal § 550. renewal of treaties is the term for the prolonga- Treaties ... renewal can take place through a new treaty, and the old treaty may then be ..."

3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"The renewal of the laws of Eadgar has the same meaning as the renewal of the laws of Rolf after the expulsion of the French from Normandy, as the renewal of ..."

4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"... Danish and English, assembled at Oxford, the town where a like assembly, three '015- years before, had been dishonoured by the murder of Sige- renewal ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"This would have avoided all question as to renewal complications. At the last moment, the old plan of renewal after the first twenty-eight years was ..."

6. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1912)
"549. How far war is a general ground of cancellation of treaties is not quite settled. Details on this point will be given below, vol. II. § 99. XII renewal ..."

7. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"The tacit renewal of a treaty is not to be presumed upon slight grounds; for, ... The presumption, therefore, of a tacit renewal must be founded on acts of ..."

8. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1866)
"Covenants for renewal are frequently inserted in leases for terms of years, and they add much to the stability of the * 109 lessee's interest, ..."

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