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Antonyms for regeneration


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-jen-uh-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən



Definition of regeneration

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Late Latin regenerationem (nominative regeneratio) "a being born again," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin regenerare "make over, generate again," from re- "again" (see re-) + generare "to produce" (see generation). Originally spiritual; of animal tissue, early 15c.; of forests, 1888.
  • noun conversion
Example sentences :
  • Thus I was placed in the crucible for further refinement and regeneration.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • And of all means to regeneration Remorse is surely the most wasteful.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Two months had gone in; two months of slow recuperation, regeneration for Garrison.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • You've only been thinking of yourself; your regeneration; your past, your present, your future.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • These latter are, by far, the worst enemies to the Regeneration of Sex.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • It has produced a regeneration, penetrating and quickening the whole.
  • Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
  • To-night we shall have a glorious carnival at Szolnok, in honor of my regeneration.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • Furthermore, I thank God that my regeneration has not taken away my sense of humor.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • Logic is the means by which the regeneration of mankind is to be effected.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • The experience has been the regeneration of very many of them physically.
  • Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

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