rejuvenation

[ ri-joo-vuh-ney-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of making someone young again or restoring them to youthful vigor:The area features luxurious resort hotels with spa facilities for complete relaxation and rejuvenation.

  2. the act of making something new and fresh, or restoring it to a former better state:The governor’s legacy includes notable achievements in many areas, including the environment, public transit, and rejuvenation of the economy.

  1. Physical Geography.

    • the renewal of the activity, erosive power, etc., of a stream by uplift or by removal of a barrier in the stream bed:Recent tectonic activity along the Euphrates fault resulted in the rejuvenation of part of the Euphrates River.

    • the return of a region to a more youthful topography by the action of streams renewed in this way:The differential erosion and the presence of residual hills at different heights may be attributed to the effect of uplift and rejuvenation of the region in different periods.

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How to use rejuvenation in a sentence

  • Burn up the products of fatigue, replace them with fresh cells full of oxygen, and you get rejuvenation.

    Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. Richmond
  • Thus Egypt lost her power of national rejuvenation, her power of rising again after calamity.

  • The tired world will need for its rejuvenation a broadened and deepened medical science.

    Mobilizing Woman-Power | Harriot Stanton Blatch
  • It might seem that the rejuvenation of the Jews had been consummated more rapidly than the rejuvenation of the other peoples.

    Jewish History | S. M. Dubnow
  • When humanity begins to wilt, what a pity that the cuticle does not peel as a sign of rejuvenation!

    A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. | William Chauncey Bartlett