restoration

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Only when the client had felt in his pocket for the price of the flaying, and laid it, with a ten-cent fee, on the ledge beneath the mirror, where all the implements of the inquisition and the restoration were assembled, did he feel manhood restored.

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  1. noun An act of restoring: damage too great for restoration.
  2. noun An instance of restoring or of being restored: Restoration of the sculpture was expensive.
  3. noun The state of being restored.
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  • The manager took us around and showed us everything they're doing --restoration is the word. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 06 - June 1997
  • If the restoration is not started within one (1) year from date of destruction and completed within one year after starting restoration, the building or structure shall be removed and the area cleared by the owner and the building shall not be restored unless it shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located. —  The Times Today's News
  • The key piece of the restoration is a large trompe l'oeil-style painting in the theatre, sometimes accredited to Giuseppe Castiglione, a Jesuit painter living in China. —  The Art Newspaper - RSS
  • If a restoration is approved, bills may be submitted to the cemetery board, Tudor said.
  • But while experts say his restoration is an important step, they warn he faces huge challenges to end corruption and secure government reforms. —  Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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  1. Formerly also restauration; from Middle English restauracion, from Old French restoration, restauration, French restauration =Provencal restauracio =Spanish restauracion =Portuguese restauração =Italian restaurazione, ristorazione, from Late Latin restauratio(n-), a restoration, renewal, from Latin restaurare, past participle restauratus, restore: see restore.
 

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