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name
Alternative spelling of Renaissance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative
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noun
A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Renewal, revival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The Renaissance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
the revival of learning and culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rebirth, Renaissance
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Broader terms: revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification
noun
a second or new birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: reincarnation, rebirth
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Broader terms: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
Narrower terms: transmigration, cycle of rebirth
noun
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Renaissance
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Broader terms: historic period, age
History
From renascent + -ence.
