Meanings
plural renewals
- countableuncountableThe act of renewing.
The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.
1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587 - countableuncountablefencingAn offensive action made immediately after a parried one.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
nounfilling again by supplying what has been used up
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishrenew
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishrenewal
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνακαίνωσις, ἀνανέωσις
- ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis)act of renewing
- ἀνανέωσις (ananéōsis)act of renewing
Arabic تَجْدِيد
- تَجْدِيد (tajdīd)act of renewing
Bulgarian обновя́ване, подновяване
- обновя́ване (obnovjávane)act of renewing
- подновяване (podnovjavane)act of renewing
Catalan renovació
- renovacióact of renewing
Chinese Mandarin 更新
- 更新 (gēngxīn)act of renewing
Czech obnovení, obnova
- obnoveníact of renewing
- obnovaact of renewing
Esperanto renoviĝo
- renoviĝoact of renewing
Finnish uudistaminen, uusiminen
- uudistaminenact of renewing
- uusiminenact of renewing
- toistooffensive action made immediately after a parried one
- uusintaoffensive action made immediately after a parried one
French renouvellement, renouvèlement
- renouvellementact of renewing
- renouvèlementact of renewing
German Erneuerung
- Erneuerungact of renewing
Irish athnuachan
- athnuachanact of renewing
Japanese 更新
- 更新 (kōshin)act of renewing
Latin renovātiō
- renovātiōact of renewing
Norwegian Bokmål fornyelse
- fornyelseact of renewing
Persian تجدید, نوگان
- تجدید (tajdid)act of renewing
- نوگان (nowgân)act of renewing
Polish odnowienie, odnowa
- odnowienieact of renewing
- odnowaact of renewing
Portuguese renovação, renovamento
- renovaçãoact of renewing
- renovamentoact of renewing
Russian обновле́ние, возрожде́ние
- обновле́ние (obnovlénije)act of renewing
- возрожде́ние (vozroždénije)act of renewing
- продле́ние (prodlénije)act of renewing
Spanish renovación, reanudación
- renovaciónact of renewing
- reanudaciónact of renewing
Turkish yenileme
- yenilemeact of renewing
Ukrainian оно́влення, відно́влення
- оно́влення (onóvlennja)act of renewing
- відно́влення (vidnóvlennja)act of renewing
Cite this entry
renewal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renewal
“renewal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renewal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renewal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renewal.
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