Regeneration
[rɪdʒenə'reɪʃn] or [ridʒɛnə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of spiritual or physical renewal.
(noun.) (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs.
Inputed by Bess--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.
Checker: Sophia
Examples
- I saw hope revive--and felt regeneration possible. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One of Hartlib's chief hopes for the regeneration of England, if not of the whole world, rested on the teac hings of the educational reformer Comenius, a bishop of the Moravian Brethren. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was the right thing there, fit to head and organize measures for the regeneration of nations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was the sign of the regeneration of the human race. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- One might ascribe it to a growing sense that concrete programs by themselves will not insure any profound regeneration of society. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Vanessa