Webster's English Dictionary

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restoration

res.to.ra.tion \.res-t*-'ra--sh*n\ n 1: an act of restoring or the 
   condition of being restored : as  1a: a bringing back to a former position 
   or condition : REINSTATMENTM 1b: RESTITUTION  1c: a restoring to an 
   unimpaired or improved condition  1d: the replacing of missing teeth or 
   crowns  2: something that is restored; specif : a representation or reconst 
   ruction of the original form (as of a fossil or a building) cap  3a: the 
   reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles Ii  3b: 
   the period in English history usu. held to coincide with the reign of C 
   harles Ii but sometimes to extend through the reign of James Ii