regeneration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one
3. (countable, uncountable) The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.
4. (countable, uncountable) The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply.
5. (countable, uncountable) The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.
6. (countable, uncountable) The property of a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified many times through a feedback loop.

Synonyms

rebirth

revival

renewal

reclamation

resuscitation

renaissance

reproduction

re-formation

reorganisation

positive feedback

recovery

resurgence

regrowth

renascence

rehabilitation

reactivation

reorganization

recover

recovering

recreation

re-creation

rectification

recuperation

refashioning

reform

refresh

reincarnation

reprocessing

reproduce

restocking

restoration

resurrection

retroact

retroaction

revivification

revivify

revivifying

reviving

shift

transformation

return to life

actification

morphallaxis

regeneracy

preparatory felling

regeneration felling

shelterwood felling

regenerative action

reclaiming action

about-face

Translations

régénération

regeneración

rigenerazione

regeneração

Regeneration

αναγέννηση

transformation

regeneratie

تجديد

Wiederherstellung

regeneració

herschepping

Neuerstellung

reconstitution

Etymology

From re- + generation or regenerate + -ion, from Latin regenerātiō.