renewal
nounEtymology From renew + -al.
1
The 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:
2
Fencing, Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.
- Synonyms
- renew
- Derived terms
- autorenewal, Markov renewal process, nonrenewal, non-renewal, postrenewal, prerenewal, renewalism, renewalist, renewal theory, urban renewal