renewal

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Etymology

From renew +‎ -al.

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Noun

renewal (countable and uncountable, plural renewals)

  1. The act of renewing.
    • 1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:
      The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.
  2. (fencing) An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.

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