revitalization

/ˌriˌvaɪtələˈzeɪʃən/

Other forms: revitalizations

Revitalization is the act of bringing something back to life or restoring its health. The revitalization of your city's ailing downtown may start slowly, with a few new businesses moving in.

You can think of revitalization as a kind of renewal or revival; something that's died or suffered from a lack of vitality is imbued with new spirit or health. The revitalization of a country's economy often follows a long recession, when jobs return and people start spending money again. After a bad sunburn, soothing aloe lotion will help speed your skin's revitalization. At the heart of this word is vital, from the Latin vita, or "life."

Definitions of revitalization

1. noun

   bringing again into activity and prominence
   synonyms: renaissance, resurgence, revitalisation, revival, revivification

   types:

   Renaissance, Renascence, rebirth, renaissance

   the revival of learning and culture

   regeneration

   the activity of spiritual or physical renewal

   resurrection

   a revival from inactivity and disuse

   resuscitation

   the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness

   CPR, cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

   an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen

   type of:

   advance, betterment, improvement

   a change for the better; progress in development