Restoration
Restoration may refer to:
Government / politics
Historical examples
The French equivalent (the Restoration), or the European Restoration, are also used as umbrella terms for such restorations following the fall of Napoleon in 1814, such as:
The Arts
Literature of the English Restoration period (1660 to 1700).
Technology
- Data restoration (computer technology), returning data from a backup to its original location or to its successor
- Antiques restoration
- Conservation-restoration, returning a work to a better state
- Building restoration, work performed on a building in order to return it to a previous state of conservation
- Photo restoration, returning a photo to a better state
- Restoration or refurbishment of vehicles, furniture, appliances, equipment, etc.
- Cosmetic restoration, restoration work on a vehicle or building which improves its appearance rather than its functionality or structure
- Vehicle restoration, the process of returning a vehicle to a like-new state
- Restoration ecology, the return of a landscape, ecosystem, or other ecological entity to a predefined historical state
- Circuit restoration, in telecommunications, action taken to repair and return to service one or more telecommunications services
- Garment Restoration, Restoration of clothing after a flood or fire
Medicine
- Tooth filling or dental restoration, in dentistry, the shaped replacement material for lost tooth structure
- Foreskin restoration, in medicine, the process of expanding the skin on the penis
Religion
- Church of God (Restoration) or "Restoration Churches"
- Restoration (Latter Day Saints) describes the restoration of the doctrines and authority of primitive Christianity as taught by churches of the Latter Day Saint movement
- Restoration Branches, independent organizations that have left the Community of Christ
- Restoration Movement, a Christian movement originating in the 19th century that seeks to restore the doctrine and practice of the early church
- The term Restorationism is sometimes used to denote the religious motif of Christian primitivism, typified by various movements of the 19th century which sought return to the original pattern of Christianity
- Restorationism is also used to denote the doctrine of universal reconciliation associated with Origen, revived among some nineteenth century Universalists under the name of "restorationism"
- Victorian restoration, the widespread refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches that took place during the 19th century reign of Queen Victoria.
As a title
- HMS Restoration, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- Restoration (1995 film), a 1995 film by Michael Hoffman, set after the English Restoration starring Robert Downey Jr
- Restoration (2011 film), an Israeli film by Yossi Madmoni about a small furniture-restoration business
- The Restoration (film), a 1909 film by D.W. Griffith, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Restoration (newspaper), a Catholic newspaper published by the Madonna House Apostolate
- Restoration (novel), a 2002 novel by Carol Berg
- Restoration (Tremain novel), a 1989 novel by Rose Tremain set during the English Revolution
- Restoration (TV series), a BBC TV series in the UK highlighting buildings at risk
Other uses
See also