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reconstruction
CIDE DICTIONARY
reconstruction, n.
- The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed. [1913 Webster]
- The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reëstablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
reconstruction
copy, duplication, imitation, palingenesis, re-creation, re-formation, reassembling, reassembly, rebirth, rebuilding, reconstitution, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment, refabrication, refashioning, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reissue, remaking, remodeling, renascence, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting, reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurrection, revision, revivalROGET THESAURUS
reconstruction
Restoration
N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.For further exploring for "reconstruction" in Webster Dictionary Online