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What is another word for Regrowth?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪɡɹˈə͡ʊθ] (IPA)

Regrowth is the process of growing again or restoring something that has been lost or damaged. Synonyms for this word include regeneration, regenesis, renewal, regrowth, reestablishment, rejuvenation, and regreening. These synonyms describe a process of restoring life and vitality to something that has been damaged or destroyed. Regeneration implies the process of growth or regrowth of living organisms, while rejuvenation suggests a restoration of youthfulness or vitality. Regenesis refers to the process of creating new life or beginning anew, while renewal and reestablishment describe the process of restoring something to its former state. Finally, regreening suggests the process of engaging in environmental restoration by planting new vegetation or trees.
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This extraordinary fact of their Regrowth remains inexplicable, if the belief in reversion to some extremely remote progenitor must be rejected.
"The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I (1st edition)"
Charles Darwin
That injured multicellular organisms should be able by Regrowth to repair their loss in an analogous phenomenon; thus an earth-worm cut by a spade does not necessarily suffer loss, but the head part grows a tail and the decapitated portion produces a head; sponges, which do not normally propagate by division, may be cut in pieces and bedded out successfully; the arms of a star-fish, torn asunder by a fisherman, will almost always result in several perfect star-fish.
"The Truth About Woman"
C. Gasquoine Hartley

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