Word Meanings - REVIVAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. Specifically: Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. Renewed interest in religion,

Additional info about word: REVIVAL

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. Specifically: Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc. Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REVIVAL)

• Recovery
• Repossession
• regaining
• reinstatement
• vindication
• renovation
• restitution
• re-establishment
• retrieval
• rectification
• replacement
• reanimation
• resuscitation
• revival
• redemption
• Recreation
• Refreshment
• cheer
• amusement
• diversion
• holiday
• sport
• pastime
• relaxation
• Restoration
• renewal
• redintegration
• return
• reparation
• compensation
• amends

Related words: (words related to REVIVAL)

• RENOVATION
  The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.
• REDEMPTIONER
  1. One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude. 2. Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• REDEMPTIONIST
  A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
• REPARATION
  1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot. 2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction
• RETURNLESS
  Admitting no return. Chapman.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• REANIMATION
  The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.
• PASTIME
  That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• SPORTLESS
  Without sport or mirth; joyless.
• RESTITUTION
  The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. (more info) 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or
• REVIVALISM
  The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.
• VINDICATION
  The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing. Burrill. (more info) 1. The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• SPORTING
  Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. C. Kingsley. -- Sporting house, a house
• SPORTIVE
  Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry. Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court Shak. -- Sport"ive*ly, adv. -- Sport"ive*ness, n.
• REFRESHMENT
  1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation;
• RECREATION
  The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• DISPORT
  Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• MISTRANSPORT
  To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall.
• TRANSPORTING
  That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.
• TRANSPORTAL
  Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.
• TRANSPORTABILITY
  The quality or state of being transportable.
• TRANSPORTED
  Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. -- Trans*port"ed*ly, adv. -- Trans*port"ed*ness, n.
• DISPORTMENT
  Act of disporting; diversion; play. Dr. H. More.