restoration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
  2. noun the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
  3. noun getting something back again

Etymology

From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.

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