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countable and uncountable, plural restorations
The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something. quotations examples
There is all the difference between preservation and restoration.
1921, T.S. Eliot, “The Possibility of a Poetic Drama”, in The Sacred Wood
As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities.
1945 July and August, “Victory in Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 187
The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down. quotations examples
Behold the differing climes agree / Rejoicing in thy restoration.
1680, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, Act I, secene 1
(theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.