renovation

[ ren-uh-vey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of repairing, renewing, or restoring to good condition:

   The project will include interior and exterior renovation and rehabilitation to upgrade the school’s infrastructure.

2. the act of reinvigorating or reviving:

   The transition to organic growing will require an investment of labor and capital to complete the orchard renovation, install new plantings, and build economic viability.

3. Usually renovations. something that has been repaired or restored to a better condition, or the work done to repair or restore something:

   Renovations to the theater include new doors and windows, a new lighting system, and a refurbished floor for the stage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of renovation¹

First recorded in 1400–50, for an earlier sense; from Latin renovātiōn-, stem of renovātiō “renewal”; renovate ( def ), -ion ( def )

Example Sentences

However, it sure seems that the Wizards are renovating a house in two dissimilar ways — win now and youth movement — and hoping each wing will match.

From Washington Post

At both places, he worked to boost finances and renovate physical spaces.

From Fortune

The work-from-home trend, meanwhile, boosted Home Depot, as homeowners renovated, repaired, and traded up to make the best of their round-the-clock domestic surroundings.

From Fortune

He’s booked through March for jobs renovating kitchens, bathrooms and basements.

From Washington Post

In Santa Fe, where I’ve lived for more than 20 years, I’ve renovated three old houses—“dumpitos,” a realtor friend called them—in a historic neighborhood.

From Outside Online

Millions of dollars in renovation later the building is gorgeous—Clean, well-kept, organized.

From The Daily Beast

New York's LGBT Center, 31 years young, is undergoing a massive renovation.

From The Daily Beast

Production companies he was working with discovered that he had a twin brother in the renovation industry.

From The Daily Beast

WHERE TO STAY: The Westin Book Cadillac recently underwent a $200 million renovation, restoring the hotel to its former glory.

From The Daily Beast

“HGTV is to home renovation what ESPN is to sports,” said Jason Camp, SVP of Retail at Bassett Furniture.

From The Daily Beast

I had nearly a whole bag of cement left over from my dab at orchard renovation, and there were plenty of packing-boxes.

From Project Gutenberg

I used to prune a bit, too, in spare moments, so that by the end of the summer considerable renovation had been accomplished.

From Project Gutenberg

All he knew was that she was staying at the Chace, and that the marquis was away, seeing to the renovation of his house.

From Project Gutenberg

The renovation of a covenant is not less a covenant than was the original bond.

From Project Gutenberg

Our attention is, in the first place, to be directed to the seat of this spiritual renovation.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• facelift
• improvement
• renewal
• repair
• restoration
• upgrade