1. (n.) A renewal of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
2. (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc.
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adoption, amendment, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind, circumcision, conversion, improvement, new life, palingenesis, palingenesy, reanimation, rebirth, reclamation, recrudescence, redeemedness, redemption, reform, reformation, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, salvation, second birth, second wind, second youth, spiritual purification
