The act of improving by renewing and restoring:
— They are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property.

synonyms: overhaul, redevelopment.

Roget 123: newness etc. adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth etc. 127; gloss of novelty.    innovation; renovation etc. (restoration) 660.    modernism; mushroom, parvenu; latest fashion.    ... show more

Dutch: herontwikkeling, renovatie, stadsvernieuwing
Polish: remont, remontowanie

The state of being restored to its former good condition:
— The inn was a renovation of a Colonial house.

synonyms: refurbishment, restoration.

Roget 163: reproduction, renovation; restoration etc. 660; renewal; new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis^†, revivification; apotheosis; resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance; regrowth; Phoenix.    generation etc. (production) 161; multiplication.    ... show more

Roget 660: restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction etc. 163; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence^†, reviviscence^†; refreshment etc. 689; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction^†; Phenix; reorganization.    renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence^†, new birth; regeneration, regeneracy^†, regenerateness^†; palingenesis^†, reconversion.    redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption; sanativeness^†.    recurrence etc. (repetition) 104; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It].    cure, recure^†, sanation^†; healing etc. v.; redintegration^†; rectification; instauration^†.    repair, reparation, remanufacture; recruiting etc. v.; cicatrization; disinfection; tinkering.    reaction; redemption etc. (deliverance) 672; restitution etc. 790; relief etc. 834.    tinker, cobbler; vis medicatrix etc. (remedy) 662^†.    curableness.    ... show more

Dutch: renovatie, herstel
Polish: renowacja, rewaloryzacja, restauracja, odnawianie, odnowa