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Definition of Renovation

1. Noun. The act of improving by renewing and restoring. "A major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed"

2. Noun. The state of being restored to its former good condition. "The inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"

Definition of Renovation

1. n. The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.

Definition of Renovation

1. Noun. An act, or the process, of renovating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Renovation

1. novation [n -S] - See also: novation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Renovation

renouncers renounces renouncing renourish renourished renourishes renourishing renourishment renourishments renovascular

renovascular hypertension renovate renovated renovates renovating renovation (current term) renovations renovative renovator renovators

renovel renovelance renovelances renovelled renovelling renovels renovetur semel renoviction renovictions renowme

Literary usage of Renovation

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

1. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1919)
"It is economy in so far as the renovation cost of an article does not exceed the ... In fact, the cost of renovation should be considered well by the ..."

2. A Treatise on Christian Doctrine: Compiled from the Holy Scriptures Alone by John Milton (1825)
"HAVING concluded the subject of man's REDEMPTION, his renovation is next to be ... THE renovation OF MAN is that change whereby HE WHO WAS BEFORE UNDER THE ..."

3. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"... is about the renovation of the universe in the words of ... thus: ' I have produced the effecter of the renovation, the causer of righteousness, ..."

4. Pahlavi Texts: Part I and II by Edward William West (1901)
"The reply is this, that this world, continuously from iis immaturity even unto its pure renovation, has never been, and also will not be, ..."

5. Conversations with Children on the Gospels by Amos Bronson Alcott (1837)
"renovation. — End of Human Life. — renovation of Life.— Holiness of Infancy. — Prayer. — Fallen Spirit!. — Perversion of Childhood. ..."

6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"renovation without Violence yet ... The renovation here recommended to our attention, is that of the ..."

7. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"... so we should die unto sin and live again unto righteousness, attributing all to the renovation of the mind, must deny the resurrection of the body. ..."

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