'Revival' definitions:
Definition of 'revival'
From: WordNet
noun
Bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" [syn: revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification]
noun
An evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion [syn: revival, revival meeting]
Definition of 'Revival'
From: GCIDE
- Revival \Re*viv"al\, n. [From Revive.] The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. Specifically: (a) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. (b) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. (c) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. (d) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like. (e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture. (f) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion. (g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc. (h) Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'revival'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- advance,
- advancement,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- animation,
- apostasy,
- ascent,
- awakening,
- bedtime prayer,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- bibliolatry,
- boost,
- bracer,
- bracing,
- break,
- camp meeting,
- change,
- change of allegiance,
- change of heart,
- change of mind,
- changeableness,
- charismatic gift,
- charismatic movement,
- charismatic renewal,
- church,
- church service,
- comeback,
- compline,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- copy,
- cordial,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- devotions,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- divine service,
- duplication,
- duty,
- energizing,
- enhancement,
- enlivenment,
- enrichment,
- escalation,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- evening devotions,
- evensong,
- exercises,
- exhilaration,
- fanaticism,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- furtherance,
- gift of tongues,
- glossolalia,
- gradual change,
- Great Leap Forward,
- headway,
- imitation,
- improvement,
- increase,
- invigoration,
- lauds,
- lift,
- liturgy,
- looking back,
- Mass,
- matins,
- meeting,
- melioration,
- memory,
- mend,
- mending,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- morning devotions,
- new birth,
- night song,
- none,
- nones,
- novena,
- office,
- overdevoutness,
- overpiousness,
- overreligiousness,
- overrighteousness,
- overthrow,
- overzealousness,
- palingenesis,
- palingenesy,
- pentecostalism,
- pick-me-up,
- pickup,
- praise meeting,
- prayer,
- prayer meeting,
- prayers,
- preferment,
- prime,
- prime song,
- progress,
- progression,
- promotion,
- public worship,
- qualification,
- quickening,
- radical change,
- ransom,
- re-creation,
- re-formation,
- realignment,
- reanimation,
- rebirth,
- rebuilding,
- recapture,
- reclaiming,
- reclamation,
- recollection,
- reconstitution,
- reconstruction,
- recoup,
- recoupment,
- recovery,
- recreation,
- recrudescence,
- recuperation,
- redemption,
- redesign,
- redoing,
- reedition,
- reestablishment,
- reexperiencing,
- refashioning,
- refection,
- reform,
- reformation,
- refreshing,
- refreshment,
- regainment,
- regale,
- regalement,
- regeneracy,
- regenerateness,
- regeneration,
- regenesis,
- reinstitution,
- reinvigoration,
- reissue,
- rejuvenation,
- rejuvenescence,
- reliving,
- remaking,
- remembrance,
- reminiscence,
- renaissance,
- renascence,
- renewal,
- renovation,
- reoccupation,
- reorganization,
- repetition,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- repossession,
- reprinting,
- reproduction,
- reshaping,
- restoration,
- restructuring,
- resumption,
- resurgence,
- resurrection,
- resuscitation,
- retake,
- retaking,
- retrieval,
- retrieve,
- retrospection,
- return,
- returning,
- reversal,
- revindication,
- revision,
- revitalization,
- revival meeting,
- revivalism,
- revivescence,
- revivescency,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- rise,
- salvage,
- sanctimony,
- second wind,
- second youth,
- service,
- sext,
- shift,
- stimulation,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- tent meeting,
- tierce,
- tonic,
- total change,
- transition,
- trover,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- undersong,
- upbeat,
- upheaval,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- upward mobility,
- variation,
- variety,
- vesper,
- vespers,
- vigils,
- violent change,
- vitalization,
- vivification,
- watch meeting,
- watch night,
- watch-night service,
- worsening,
- youth,
- zeal,
- zealotism,
- zealotry,
- zealousness