What does "restoration" mean?

Restoration: The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.

Additional senses

  1. 2.That which is restored or renewed. The restoration (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reëstablishment of monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.

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