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renovation (n.)
c. 1400, renovacyoun "spiritual rebirth," also "rebuilding, reconstruction," from Old French renovacion (13c.) and directly from Latin renovationem (nominative renovatio) "a renewing, renewal; a rest," noun of action from past-participle stem of renovare "renew, restore," from re- "again" (see re-) + novare "make new," from novus "new" (see new).