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revival

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯vəl/

The English word “revival” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
  2. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
  3. Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture.
  4. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
  5. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
  6. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
  7. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action.
  8. Revivification, as of a metal.
  9. Type of sequence on TV media with the objective to end a cancelled production.

Etymology

From revive + -al.

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