noun
Meaning 1
The act of renewing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
renewal
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noun
Meaning 2
An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reclamation, rehabilitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restoration
Narrower terms: reforestation, re-afforestation, urban renewal
noun
Meaning 4
the act of renewing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repetition, repeating
Narrower terms: self-renewal
noun
Meaning 5
filling again by supplying what has been used up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: refilling, replenishment, replacement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: filling
History
Etymology
From renew + -al.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَجْدِيد (tajdīd) — act of renewing
- Azerbaijani: bərpa — act of renewing
- Azerbaijani: yeniləşmə — act of renewing
- Bulgarian: обновя́ване (obnovjávane) — act of renewing
- Bulgarian: подновяване (podnovjavane) — act of renewing
- Catalan: renovació — act of renewing
- Chinese Mandarin: 更新 (gēngxīn) — act of renewing
- Czech: obnovení — act of renewing
- Czech: obnova — act of renewing
- Esperanto: renoviĝo — act of renewing
- Finnish: uudistaminen — act of renewing
- Finnish: uusiminen — act of renewing
- French: renouvellement — act of renewing
- French: renouvèlement — act of renewing
- Georgian: აღდგენა (aɣdgena) — act of renewing
- Georgian: განახლება (ganaxleba) — act of renewing
- German: Erneuerung — act of renewing
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 (inniujiþa) — act of renewing
- Ancient Greek: ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis) — act of renewing
- Ancient Greek: ἀνανέωσις (ananéōsis) — act of renewing
- Irish: athnuachan — act of renewing
- Japanese: 更新 (kōshin) — act of renewing
- Latin: renovātiō — act of renewing
- Macedonian: обнову́вање (obnovúvanje) — act of renewing
- Malayalam: പുതുക്കൽ (putukkal) — act of renewing
- Manx: aachiaddey — act of renewing
- Norwegian Bokmål: fornyelse — act of renewing
- Occitan: renovelament — act of renewing
- Occitan: renovèl — act of renewing
- Persian: تجدید (tajdid) — act of renewing
- Persian: نوگان (nowgân) — act of renewing
- Polish: odnowienie — act of renewing
- Polish: odnowa — act of renewing
- Portuguese: renovação — act of renewing
- Portuguese: renovamento — act of renewing
- Russian: обновле́ние (obnovlénije) — act of renewing
- Russian: возрожде́ние (vozroždénije) — act of renewing
- Russian: продле́ние (prodlénije) — act of renewing
- Spanish: renovación — act of renewing
- Spanish: reanudación — act of renewing
- Turkish: yenileme — act of renewing
- Ukrainian: оно́влення (onóvlennja) — act of renewing
- Ukrainian: відно́влення (vidnóvlennja) — act of renewing
- Finnish: toisto — offensive action made immediately after a parried one
- Finnish: uusinta — offensive action made immediately after a parried one
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