'Renewal' definitions:
Definition of 'renewal'
(from WordNet)
noun
The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation [syn: reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation]
noun
The act of renewing
noun
Filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn: refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewal]
Definition of 'Renewal'
From: GCIDE
- Renewal \Re*new"al\ (-al), n. The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renewal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- another shot,
- another try,
- apostasy,
- atavism,
- backset,
- backward deviation,
- betterment,
- bracer,
- bracing,
- break,
- change,
- change of allegiance,
- change of heart,
- change of mind,
- changeableness,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- cordial,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- doubling,
- duplication,
- echo,
- enlivenment,
- exhilaration,
- face-lift,
- falling back,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- fresh start,
- furbishment,
- gradual change,
- imitation,
- improvement,
- invigoration,
- lapse,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- new beginning,
- new birth,
- overthrow,
- palingenesis,
- palingenesy,
- pick-me-up,
- plagiarism,
- qualification,
- quotation,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- reanimation,
- reappearance,
- rebeginning,
- rebirth,
- reclamation,
- recommencement,
- reconditioning,
- recreation,
- recrudescence,
- recurrence,
- redemption,
- redesign,
- redoubling,
- reduplication,
- reecho,
- reentrance,
- refection,
- reform,
- reformation,
- refreshing,
- refreshment,
- refurbishment,
- regale,
- regalement,
- regeneracy,
- regenerateness,
- regeneration,
- regenesis,
- regression,
- regurgitation,
- reincarnation,
- reinvigoration,
- rejuvenation,
- rejuvenescence,
- relapse,
- remaking,
- renaissance,
- renascence,
- renovation,
- reoccurrence,
- reopening,
- repetition,
- reproduction,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- resumption,
- resurgence,
- resurrection,
- resuscitation,
- retread,
- retreading,
- return,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- revival,
- revivescence,
- revivescency,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- second wind,
- second youth,
- setback,
- shift,
- slum clearance,
- stimulation,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- throwback,
- tonic,
- total change,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- urban renewal,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- vivification,
- worsening