Regeneration
Definition of Regeneration
Re`gen`er`a´tion Pronunciation: ~?´sh?n | n. | 1. | The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated. | | 2. | (Theol.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart. | | 3. | (Biol.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; - a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs. | | 4. | (Physiol.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle. |
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Fabianism, adoption, amendment, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind, circumcision, conversion, copy, duplication, extremism, gradualism, imitation, improvement, meliorism, new birth, new life, palingenesis, palingenesy, progressivism, radical reform, radicalism, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation, rebirth, rebuilding, reclamation, reconstitution, reconstruction, recrudescence, redeemedness, redemption, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment, refashioning, reform, reformation, reformism, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance, renascence, renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting, reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revision, revisionism, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, revolution, salvation, second birth, second wind, second youth, spiritual purification, transformation, utopianism
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