rebirth

rebirth
    n 1: after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in
         another human body [syn: {metempsychosis}, {rebirth}]
    2: a second or new birth [syn: {reincarnation}, {rebirth},
       {renascence}]
    3: the revival of learning and culture [syn: {rebirth},
       {Renaissance}, {Renascence}]
    4: a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
       [syn: {conversion}, {rebirth}, {spiritual rebirth}]
    

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebirth":
      adoption, amendment, change of allegiance, change of heart,
      change of mind, circumcision, conversion, copy, doubling,
      duplication, echo, imitation, improvement, metempsychosis,
      new beginning, new birth, new life, palingenesis, palingenesy,
      plagiarism, quotation, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation,
      reappearance, rebuilding, reclamation, reconstitution,
      reconstruction, recrudescence, recurrence, redeemedness,
      redemption, redesign, redoing, redoubling, reduplication, reecho,
      reedition, reestablishment, refashioning, reform, reformation,
      refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis,
      regurgitation, reincarnation, reinstitution, reissue, rejuvenation,
      rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance, renascence, renewal,
      renovation, reoccurrence, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
      reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resumption,
      resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, return, revision,
      revitalization, revival, revivescence, revivescency,
      revivification, salvation, second birth, second wind, second youth,
      spiritual purification