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restoration

  (rĕs'tə-rā'shən)

1. 1. An act of restoring: damage too great for restoration.
   2. An instance of restoring or of being restored: Restoration of the sculpture was expensive.
   3. The state of being restored.
2. Something, such as a renovated building, that has been restored.
3. Restoration
   1. The return of a constitutional monarchy to Great Britain in 1660 under Charles II.
   2. The period between the crowning of Charles II and the Revolution of 1688.

The addition of nutrients to replace those lost in processing, as in milling of cereals. See also fortification.

noun

The act of making new or as if new again: face-lift, facelifting, refurbishment, rejuvenation, renewal, renovation, revampment. See help/harm/harmless, new/old.

Definition: reinstatement
Antonyms: abolition

n

Definition: repair
Antonyms: neglect

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Process of carrying on alterations and repairs to a building with the intention of restoring it to its original form, often involving reinstatement of missing or badly damaged parts, so it usually includes replication, that is new work in an old style. While often necessary after a disaster, it is generally regarded as more drastic than conservation, which suggests retention, repair, and maintenance. Wyatt's interventions at Hereford (1788–96), Salisbury (1789–92), and Durham (from 1794) Cathedrals were so ruthless that they provoked antiquarian outrage (mostly Carter's) and were later to enrage A. W. N. Pugin. Wyatville's work (1824–37) at Windsor Castle recased almost the whole ensemble, so that what we see now is virtually a creation of the Regency and William IV periods. The revival of interest in medieval ecclesiastical architecture in C19, and researches into liturgy, had a darker side, for often medieval fabric was destroyed to make the building conform to an architect-approved style (e.g. ‘Great’ Scott's ‘restoration’ of the north nave-arcade at the Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester). Many churches were stripped of C17 and C18 furnishings, often with unfortunate results. In France, Viollet-le-Duc attempted to give several medieval buildings a stylistic unity they never had, and his work at Pierrefonds, Oise (1858–70), and Carcassonne (1844 on-wards—where he rebuilt the walls and fortifications), owed more to his own creative powers than to an archaeological approach. Another drastic (though less successful) French example was Abadie's work at St-Front, Périgeux. Ruskin, Morris, Webb, and others deplored such activities, and, prompted by Scott's proposals for Tewkesbury Abbey, Glos., and drastic Italian notions of ‘restoring’ the Church of San Marco, Venice, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) was founded in order to promote a greater sensitivity to the retention of ancient fabric. Although architects such as Boito urged that ‘restoration’ should be less comprehensive and destructive, many churches were altered to make them conform to what was regarded as their ‘original’ state: this often involved the removal of Baroque and other accretions (even whole façades) and their replacement with conjectural designs. See also reconstruction.

Bibliography

• Casiello (ed.) (1996)
• Chamberlin (1979)
• Crook (1995)
• J. Fawcett (ed.) (1976a)
• Morris (1966)
• Pevsner (1972)
• Pugin (1841, 1843, 1973)
• Ruskin (1903–12)

The full bibliography for this book is available to download as a pdf file.
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The return of constitutional monarchy in Britain in the late seventeenth century. The Stuarts were placed back on the throne; the first of them after the Restoration was King Charles II.

1. induction of a return to a previous state, as a return to health or replacement of a part to normal position.
2. partial or complete reconstruction of a body part, or the device used in its place.

• dental r. — see restorative dentistry.

Common misspelling(s) of restoration

• restauration

Dansk (Danish)
n. - genopbygning, istandsættelse, restauration, renovering, rekonstruktion, helbredelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
restauratie, teruggave, periode in Engelse geschiedenis na 1685

Français (French)
n. - restitution, restauration, rétablissement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückgabe, Wiederherstellung, Restaurierung, Restauration

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποκατάσταση, επιστροφή, απόδοση, (ιστ.) παλινόρθωση, αναπαλαίωση

Italiano (Italian)
Restaurazione, indennizzo, restauro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - restauração (f), cura (f)

Русский (Russian)
реставрация, восстановление, Эпоха Реставрации

Español (Spanish)
n. - La Restauración, restauración, restitución, restablecimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återställande, återinförande, återupplivande, renovering

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
恢复, 复位, 归还

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 恢復, 重定, 歸還

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회복, 본래의 상태, 왕정 복구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回復, 万民救済, 修復, 原形模造, 復職, 王政復古, 返還, 損害賠償, 復興

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اعادة اصلاح, ترميم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיקום, קימום, חידוש, בינוי, השבה, החזרה, דגם משוחזר, רסטורציה‬

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