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Renovation   /rˌɛnəvˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Renovation

noun
1.
The act of improving by renewing and restoring.  Synonyms: overhaul, redevelopment.  "A major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed"
2.
The state of being restored to its former good condition.  Synonyms: refurbishment, restoration.






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"Renovation" Quotes from Famous Books



... lost, but the destruction of property was very great; and it was several days ere the water subsided, so as to allow the work of renovation to commence. ...
— Leslie Ross: - or, Fond of a Lark • Charles Bruce

... off in a meadow, has just been entirely renovated; but, as with some English churches, the more closely a piece of old work is copied, the more palpably does the modern spirit show through it, so here the opposite occurs, for the old-worldliness of the place has not been impaired by much renovation, though the intention has been to make everything as modern ...
— The Samuel Butler Collection - at Saint John's College Cambridge • Henry Festing Jones

... used as over against "more obliging," "affectionate husband," "display of tenderness," "sweet and profound humility," "promoter of every commendable and pious design," "every laudable habit," "moral renovation," "habit of holiness," and "redeemed" when an ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various

... Jorge MARTINEZ Menendez, president note: newly formed parties not yet officially recognized by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), Kirio Waldo SALGADO, founder; Social Democratic Party (breakaway from FMLN), Joaquin VILLALOBOS, founder; Social Christian Renovation Movement (MRSC) (breakaway ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency

... in response to the call, her sewing in her hand. The renovation of the parsonage had so far progressed that she could now find time for a little sewing, after the dinner dishes ...
— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln


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