| verb | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new “We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years” |
| verb | amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit |
| verb | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one “The Church reformed me” |
| verb | return to life; get or give new life or energy “The week at the spa restored me” |
| verb | replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue “The snake regenerated its tail” |
| verb | be formed or shaped anew |
| verb | form or produce anew “regenerate hatred” |
| verb | undergo regeneration |
| verb | restore strength “This food revitalized the patient” |
| adjective | reformed spiritually or morally “a regenerate sinner” |
| regeneration | noun | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting |
| renewal | noun | the act of renewing |
| reformative | adjective | tending to reform |
| reformatory | adjective | tending to reform |
| reform | noun | self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice |
| reformist | noun | a disputant who advocates reform |
| reformation | noun | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
| reclamation | noun | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
| rectification | noun | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |
| restorative | adjective | tending to impart new life and vigor to |
| restoration | noun | the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state |
| rejuvenation | noun | the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored |