restoration.

The return of something to an earlier or intended condition, position or functioning.

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Words that belong together

• restoration of an object
• restoration of authority

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Restoration of the object preserved the parts that remained sound.

The restoration of authority changed the institution’s formal position without settling its legitimacy.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular restoration; plural restorations. Also uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: responsibility analysis, evidence qualification, ethical distinction, institutional judgment. Disciplines: academic writing, ethics, legal-administrative reasoning. Commonness: moderately common.