renewing

noun, adj — 2 senses

renewing

noun
1

A renewal.

renewing

adj
1

That renews someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.

  • I am so sunk in the work’s psychology, I feel almost an alien, some renewing life form.2021 January 7, Jillian Tamaki, “How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father”, in New York Times:
  • And with that, Hannibal leaves his enemies on the floor bathing in their own scarlet before stepping outside to a renewing baptism by rainfall before disappearing into the night.2019 December 28, Melanie MacFarland, “Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list”, in Salon:
Derived terms
nonrenewing

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