revival
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vəl/
The English word “revival” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
- Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
- Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture.
- Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
- 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.
- Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.
- Revivification, as of a metal.
- Type of sequence on TV media with the objective to end a cancelled production.
Etymology
From revive + -al.
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