Antonyms for re-construction

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-kuh n-struhk-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌri kənˈstrʌk ʃən

Definition of re-construction

Origin : 1791, "action or process of reconstructing," from re- + construction. In U.S. political history sense (usually with a capital R-), from 1865. It had been used during the American Civil War in reference to reconstitution of the union.

As in remembrance : noun memory, recollection
As in repair : noun restoration, fixing
As in readjustment : noun rearrangement
As in reconstruction : noun rebuilding
As in recovery : noun the act of returning to normal
As in reformation : noun the act of reforming
As in rehabilitation : noun restoration
As in remodeling : noun renovation
As in restoration : noun the act of reconstructing
As in restoration : noun reestablishment
As in change : noun something made different; alteration
As in metanoia : noun conversion
As in regeneration : noun conversion
As in transfiguration : noun change
As in transmogrification : noun change
As in transubstantiation : noun change
As in conversion : noun change, adaptation
As in fossil : noun organic remains of a previous time

Example sentences :

It is a re-construction and reconquest of a paradise lost by giving up the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

In some cases the work of removal and re-construction went on harmoniously and simultaneously side by side.
Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury

This is the Teleosaurus, which the recent investigations of M. E. Deslongchamps allow of re-construction.
Extract from : « The World Before the Deluge » by Louis Figuier

Synonyms for re-construction

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