renovation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RENOVA'TION, noun [Latin renovatio.] 1. The act of renewing; a making new after decay, destruction or depravation; renewal; as the renovation of the heart by grace. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. 2. A state of being renewed.
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