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

But now, after another renovation and the disaster that followed, the station stands as the prime example of everything that is wrong in Serbia.

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The bathroom is a part of Abraham Lincoln's office and cabinet room, which former President Harry Truman fixed up as a part of his massive renovation of the White House in the late 1940s.

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One of Paris's top tourist attractions -- and certainly its most morbid -- closes to visitors from Monday for six months of renovations.

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By the time he’d made it to Cattlemen’s, in Dallas, half of it was already demolished to make way for more modern renovations.

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More than two years since the start of renovation works, the famous stadium is still not ready to host matches, even with a reduced capacity.

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Related Words

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