Meanings
plural rejuvenations
- countableuncountableThe process of rendering young again.
Utnapishtim hears his wife's plea and tells Gilgamesh where he can find a miraculous plant of invigoration and rejuvenation.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 204 - countableuncountableThe process of producing beneficial changes.
the rejuvenation of the city center
1 more example
The 1987 book British Piers was written at a time when Britain's seaside resorts were perhaps at their lowest ebb, with a groundswell of support for rejuvenation and conservation just beginning.
2020 July 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railways that reach out over the waves”, in Rail, page 51
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinreiuvenatiō
- Englishrejuvenation
From rejuvenate + -ion, cf. Latin reiuvenatiō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian подмладяване
- подмладяване (podmladjavane)the process of rendering young again
Catalan rejoveniment
- rejovenimentthe process of rendering young again
Chinese Mandarin 回復 /回复
- 回復 /回复 (huífù)the process of rendering young again
Danish foryngelse
- foryngelsethe process of rendering young again
Dutch verjonging
- verjongingthe process of rendering young again
Esperanto rejuniĝo
- rejuniĝothe process of rendering young again
Finnish nuorentuminen
- nuorentuminenthe process of rendering young again
French rajeunissement
- rajeunissementthe process of rendering young again
German Verjüngung
- Verjüngungthe process of rendering young again
Greek αναζωογόνηση
- αναζωογόνηση (anazoogónisi)the process of rendering young again
Hungarian megfiatalítás
- megfiatalításthe process of rendering young again
Irish athnuachan
- athnuachanthe process of rendering young again
Italian ringiovanimento
- ringiovanimentothe process of rendering young again
Japanese 若返り
- 若返り (wakagaeri)the process of rendering young again
Korean 회춘
- 회춘 (hoechun)the process of rendering young again
Latin reiuvenatio, reiuvenescentia
- reiuvenatiothe process of rendering young again
- reiuvenescentiathe process of rendering young again
Norwegian rejuvenering
- rejuveneringthe process of rendering young again
Polish odmłodzenie
- odmłodzeniethe process of rendering young again
Portuguese rejuvenescimento
- rejuvenescimentothe process of rendering young again
Russian омоложение
- омоложение (omoloženije)the process of rendering young again
Spanish rejuvenecimiento
- rejuvenecimientothe process of rendering young again
Swedish föryngring
- föryngringthe process of rendering young again
Cite this entry
rejuvenation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenation
“rejuvenation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rejuvenation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenation.
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