Other forms: restorations
Restoration is the bringing of something back to its former state. Careful restoration, restoration work, under restoration.
In buildings and furniture it means repairing to an earlier condition, and the argument in conservation is always how far to go: over-restoration destroys the evidence of age. In ecology, restoration means returning a habitat to what it was. Capitalised, the Restoration is the return of Charles II in 1660, and Restoration comedy is the drama of that period. Note restore, restorer.
1nounrestorationThe bringing of something back to its former state.
“The restoration of the old church took years and cost millions.”
2nounreturnThe return of a monarchy or a regime.
“The restoration came roughly eleven years after the king left.”
restoration is a returning to a former state.
Latin restauratio comes from restaurare, to rebuild or renew. Store and instaurate come from the same root, which is about setting up again.
Latin
restaurātiō
Middle English
restoracion
English, today
restoration
From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acioun. by surface analysis, restore + -ation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA