Word Study
revival
CIDE DICTIONARY
revival, n. [From Revive.].
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
revival, n.
1 the act or an instance of reviving; the process of being revived.
2 a new production of an old play etc.
3 a revived use of an old practice, custom, etc.
4 a a reawakening of religious fervour. b a series of evangelistic meetings to promote this.
5 restoration to bodily or mental vigour or to life or consciousness.
1 the act or an instance of reviving; the process of being revived.
2 a new production of an old play etc.
3 a revived use of an old practice, custom, etc.
4 a a reawakening of religious fervour. b a series of evangelistic meetings to promote this.
5 restoration to bodily or mental vigour or to life or consciousness.
THESAURUS
revival
Great Leap Forward, Mass, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, amendment, animation, apostasy, ascent, awakening, bedtime prayer, bettering, betterment, bibliolatry, boost, bracer, bracing, break, camp meeting, change, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind, changeableness, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, church, church service, comeback, compline, constructive change, continuity, conversion, copy, cordial, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, deterioration, deviation, devotions, difference, discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, divine service, duplication, duty, energizing, enhancement, enlivenment, enrichment, escalation, eugenics, euthenics, evening devotions, evensong, exercises, exhilaration, fanaticism, fitting, flip-flop, furtherance, gift of tongues, glossolalia, gradual change, headway, imitation, improvement, increase, invigoration, lauds, lift, liturgy, looking back, matins, meeting, melioration, memory, mend, mending, mitigation, modification, modulation, morning devotions, new birth, night song, none, nones, novena, office, overdevoutness, overpiousness, overreligiousness, overrighteousness, overthrow, overzealousness, palingenesis, palingenesy, pentecostalism, pick-me-up, pickup, praise meeting, prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, preferment, prime, prime song, progress, progression, promotion, public worship, qualification, quickening, radical change, ransom, re-creation, re-formation, realignment, reanimation, rebirth, rebuilding, recapture, reclaiming, reclamation, recollection, reconstitution, reconstruction, recoup, recoupment, recovery, recreation, recrudescence, recuperation, redemption, redesign, redoing, reedition, reestablishment, reexperiencing, refashioning, refection, reform, reformation, refreshing, refreshment, regainment, regale, regalement, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution, reinvigoration, reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, reliving, remaking, remembrance, reminiscence, renaissance, renascence, renewal, renovation, reoccupation, reorganization, repetition, replevin, replevy, repossession, reprinting, reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resumption, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, retake, retaking, retrieval, retrieve, retrospection, return, returning, reversal, revindication, revision, revitalization, revival meeting, revivalism, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, revolution, rise, salvage, sanctimony, second wind, second youth, service, sext, shift, stimulation, sudden change, switch, tent meeting, tierce, tonic, total change, transition, trover, turn, turnabout, undersong, upbeat, upheaval, uplift, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, upward mobility, variation, variety, vesper, vespers, vigils, violent change, vitalization, vivification, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, worsening, youth, zeal, zealotism, zealotry, zealousnessROGET THESAURUS
revival
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.Refreshment
N refreshment, bracing, recovery of strength, recuperation, restoration, revival, repair, refection, refocillation, refreshment, regalement, bait, relief, break, spell, refreshment stand, refreshments, ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food), refreshing, recuperative, refreshed, untired, unwearied.Reproduction
N reproduction, renovation, restoration, renewal, new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis, revivification, apotheosis, resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance, regrowth, Phoenix, generation, multiplication, reproduced, renascent, reappearing, reproductive, suigenetic.Worship
N worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation, kneeling, genuflection, prostration, prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing, petition, collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster, beadroll, latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils, revival, cult, anxious meeting, camp meeting, ebenezer, virginal, thanksgiving, giving thanks, returning thanks, grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna, hallelujah, allelujah, Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis, paean, benschen, Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion, psalm, psalmody, hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet, antiphon, antiphony, oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation, burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering, offertory, discipline, self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial, fasting, divine service, office, duty, exercises, morning prayer, mass, matins, evensong, vespers, undernsong, tierce, holyday, worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant, worshipping, devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn, fervid, Int, hallelujah, allelujah!, hosanna!, glory be to God!, O Lord!, pray God that!, God grant, God bless, God save, God forbid!, sursum corda, making their lives a prayer, ora et labora, prayers ardent open heaven.For further exploring for "revival" in Webster Dictionary Online