revival
English
Noun
revival (countable and uncountable, plural revivals)
- The act of reviving, or the state of being revived
- Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
- Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.
- Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
- A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
- Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
- Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
- Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
- the revival of hot pants
- Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.
- the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will
- Revivification, as of a metal.
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reviving
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renewed attention to something
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renewed performance
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renewed interest in religion
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