Antonyms for regeneration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-jen-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən |
Definition of regeneration
Origin :- mid-14c., from Late Latin regenerationem (nominative regeneratio) "a being born again," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin regenerare "make over, generate again," from re- "again" (see re-) + generare "to produce" (see generation). Originally spiritual; of animal tissue, early 15c.; of forests, 1888.
- noun conversion
- Thus I was placed in the crucible for further refinement and regeneration.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- And of all means to regeneration Remorse is surely the most wasteful.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Two months had gone in; two months of slow recuperation, regeneration for Garrison.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- You've only been thinking of yourself; your regeneration; your past, your present, your future.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- These latter are, by far, the worst enemies to the Regeneration of Sex.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- It has produced a regeneration, penetrating and quickening the whole.
- Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
- To-night we shall have a glorious carnival at Szolnok, in honor of my regeneration.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- Furthermore, I thank God that my regeneration has not taken away my sense of humor.
- Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
- Logic is the means by which the regeneration of mankind is to be effected.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- The experience has been the regeneration of very many of them physically.
- Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
Synonyms for regeneration
- about-face
- alteration
- born again
- change of heart
- changeover
- exchange
- flip-flop
- flux
- growth
- innovation
- metamorphosis
- metanoia
- metasis
- modification
- novelty
- passage
- passing
- permutation
- progress
- proselytization
- qualification
- rebirth
- reclamation
- reconstruction
- reformation
- remodelling
- reorganization
- resolution
- resolving
- reversal
- see the light
- switch
- transfiguration
- transformation
- translation
- transmogrification
- transmutation
- turning
- turning around
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