Synonyms of the word

restoration

• n. the process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
• n. the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.

acquisition

• n. The act or process of acquiring.
• n. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
• n. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting…

age

• n. The whole duration of a being being alive, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind.
• n. The amount of full years/months/days/hours etc. which someone, or something, has been alive.
• n. (uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given…
• n. (uncountable) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
• n. (countable) One of the stages of life.
• n. (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
• n. (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
• n. (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
• n. (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
• n. (countable) A century; the period of one hundred years.
• n. The people who live at a particular period.
• n. (countable) A generation.
• n. (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
• n. (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then…
• v. (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
• v. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
• v. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.

artefact

• n. (British spelling, Australian spelling) alternative form of artifact.

artifact

• n. An object made or shaped by human hand.
• n. (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest,…
• n. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
• n. A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under…
• n. (biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or…
• n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
• n. (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result…

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

fixing

• n. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
• n. (Britain, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs,…
• n. See fixings.
• v. present participle of fix.
• v. (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.

fixture

• n. (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property…
• n. A regular patron of a place or institution.
• n. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
• n. (sports) A scheduled match.
• n. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
• n. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
• v. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).

improvement

• n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering.
• n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;…
• n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance.
• n. Something which is improved.
• n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
• n. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc…
• n. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

melioration

• n. (archaic) An improvement, betterment or amelioration.
• n. (linguistics) The process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.

mend

• n. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
• n. The act of repairing.
• v. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay,…
• v. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
• v. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
• v. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

mending

• v. present participle of mend.
• n. The act by which something is mended or repaired.

model

• n. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also…
• n. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given…
• n. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
• n. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
• n. A style, type, or design.
• n. The structural design of a complex system.
• n. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
• n. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
• n. (logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called…
• n. A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
• n. (manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
• n. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
• n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
• n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part…
• adj. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
• v. (transitive) To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the…
• v. (transitive) To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
• v. (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
• v. (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
• v. (intransitive) To make a model or models.
• v. (intransitive) To be a model of any kind.

refurbishment

• n. The act of refurbishing; renovation.

regaining

• v. simple past tense and past participle of regain.
• n. The act by which something is regained.

renovation

• n. An act, or the process, of renovating.

repair

• n. The act of repairing something.
• n. The result of repairing something.
• n. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
• v. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
• v. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
• n. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
• n. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
• v. To transfer oneself to another place.
• v. to pair again.

reparation

• n. (usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
• n. (archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

restitution

• n. (law) A process of compensation for losses.
• n. The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
• n. A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
• n. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
• n. (medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered,…

return

• v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
• v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
• v. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
• v. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
• v. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
• v. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
• v. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
• v. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
• v. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in…
• v. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
• v. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
• v. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
• n. The act of returning.
• n. A return ticket.
• n. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
• n. An answer.
• n. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc…
• n. Gain or loss from an investment.
• n. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax…
• n. (computing) A carriage return character.
• n. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
• n. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
• n. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
• n. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
• n. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
• n. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building,…

simulation

• n. Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
• n. The process of simulating.
• n. Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
• n. (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.