"regeneration" Definition

Definitions for the word "regeneration" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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