rejuvenation

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noun

The process of rendering young again.

“the rejuvenation of the city center”

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Meanings

nounrejuvenation (countable and uncountable, plural rejuvenations)

plural rejuvenations

  1. 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
  2. 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

nounthe phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored

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Broader
organic phenomenon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinreiuvenatiō
  2. Englishrejuvenation

From rejuvenate + -ion, cf. Latin reiuvenatiō.

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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
APA

rejuvenation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenation

MLA

“rejuvenation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rejuvenation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenation.

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