renascence

re·na·scence

R5162500 (rĭ-nā′səns, -năs′əns)n.1. A new birth or life; a rebirth.2. A cultural revival; a renaissance.3. Renascence Renaissance.

renascence

(rɪˈnæsəns; -ˈneɪ-) n a variant of renaissance

Ren•ais•sance

(ˌrɛn əˈsɑns, -ˈzɑns, -ˈsɑ̃s, ˈrɛn əˌsɑns, -ˌzɑns, -ˌsɑ̃s; esp. Brit. rɪˈneɪ səns)

n. Also, Renascence. 1. the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. 2. the forms and treatments in art used during this period. 3. (sometimes l.c.) any similar revival in the world of art and learning. 4. (l.c.) renewal; rebirth: a moral renaissance. adj. 5. of, pertaining to, or suggestive of the European Renaissance: Renaissance attitudes. 6. of or pertaining to the style of architecture and decoration originating in Italy in the 15th century, characterized by the revival and adaptation of ancient Roman motifs and forms, including the classical orders, and by an emphasis on symmetry. [1830–40; < French, Middle French: rebirth =renaiss- (s. of renaistre to be born again < Latin renāscī; re- re- + nāscī to be born) + -ance -ance]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Renascence - the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuriesRenaissanceHigh Renaissance - the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic contenthistory - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"quattrocento - the 15th century in Italian art and literatureItalian Renaissance - the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance
	2.	renascence - a second or new birthrebirth, reincarnationnascence, nascency, nativity, birth - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"transmigration - the passing of a soul into another body after deathcycle of rebirth - (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
	3.	Renascence - the revival of learning and cultureRenaissance, rebirthresurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification - bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture"

renascence

nounThe act of reviving or condition of being revived:reactivation, rebirth, renaissance, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revitalization, revival, revivification.