'Renascence' definitions:
Definition of 'Renascence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries [syn: Renaissance, Renascence]
noun
A second or new birth [syn: reincarnation, rebirth, renascence]
noun
The revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence]
Definition of 'Renascence'
From: GCIDE
- Renascence \Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance.]
- 1. The state of being renascent. [1913 Webster]
- Read the Ph[oe]nix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Same as Renaissance. [1913 Webster]
- The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renascence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amendment,
- change of allegiance,
- change of heart,
- change of mind,
- copy,
- duplication,
- imitation,
- improvement,
- new birth,
- palingenesis,
- palingenesy,
- re-creation,
- re-formation,
- reanimation,
- rebirth,
- rebuilding,
- reclamation,
- reconstitution,
- reconstruction,
- recrudescence,
- redemption,
- redesign,
- redoing,
- reedition,
- reestablishment,
- refashioning,
- reform,
- reformation,
- refreshment,
- regeneracy,
- regenerateness,
- regeneration,
- regenesis,
- reinstitution,
- reissue,
- rejuvenation,
- rejuvenescence,
- remaking,
- renaissance,
- renewal,
- renovation,
- reorganization,
- repetition,
- reprinting,
- reproduction,
- reshaping,
- restoration,
- restructuring,
- resurgence,
- resurrection,
- resuscitation,
- revision,
- revival,
- revivescence,
- revivescency,
- revivification,
- second wind,
- second youth