revival

noun revivals

1. countable, uncountable The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
2. countable, uncountable Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc. It is hard to sell a democratic partnership of nations from a stall that only stocks Conservative governments. Unionism needs a Labour revival in England.
3. countable, uncountable Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture. post-punk revival
4. countable, uncountable Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion. the revival of hot pants
5. countable, uncountable Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions.
6. countable, uncountable A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.
7. countable, uncountable Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; reinstatement of a legal action. the revival of a debt barred by limitation
8. countable, uncountable Revivification, as of a metal.
9. countable, uncountable Type of sequence on TV media with the objective to end a cancelled production.

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