Meaning

3 senses
  1. Renewal, revival.

    the revival of learning and culture

  2. (archaic)A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration.

    a second or new birth

  3. (archaic)The Renaissance.

Origin

From renascent + -ence.

From renascent + -ence.

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Forms

plural: renascences
Singularrenascence
Pluralrenascences

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:Renaissance
  • the revival of learning and culture:rebirthRenaissance
  • a second or new birth:reincarnationrebirth

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrenascent

See also

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