renovation

renovation
    n 1: the act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are
         pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire
         property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was
         proposed" [syn: {renovation}, {redevelopment}, {overhaul}]
    2: the state of being restored to its former good condition;
       "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" [syn:
       {renovation}, {restoration}, {refurbishment}]
    

Renovation \Ren`o**va"tion\ (-v?"sh?n), n. [L. renovatio: cf. F.
   r['e]novation.]
   The act or process of renovating; the state of being
   renovated or renewed. --Thomson.
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         There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual
         renovation of the world.                 --Rabbler.
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41 Moby Thesaurus words for "renovation":
      copy, duplication, face-lift, furbishment, imitation, palingenesis,
      re-creation, re-formation, rebirth, rebuilding, reconditioning,
      reconstitution, reconstruction, redesign, redoing, reedition,
      reestablishment, refashioning, refreshment, refurbishment,
      regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, remaking,
      renascence, renewal, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
      reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurrection,
      retread, retreading, revision, revival, slum clearance,
      urban renewal