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Noun: rebirth  ree'burth or 'ree,burth
  1. A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
    "After his retreat, he experienced a spiritual rebirth that changed his outlook on life";
    - conversion, spiritual rebirth
     
  2. A new beginning or revival after decline, destruction, or dormancy
    "The company experienced a rebirth after the new management took over";
    - reincarnation, renascence
     
  3. The revival of learning and culture
    "The Italian Renaissance saw a rebirth of classical learning";
    - Renaissance, Renascence, renaissance
     
  4. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
    "Some Eastern religions believe in rebirth as a form of reincarnation";
    - metempsychosis

Derived forms: rebirths

Type of: birth, nascence [rare], nascency, nativity, phenomenon, redemption, resurgence, revitalisation [Brit], revitalization, revival, revivification, salvation

Encyclopedia: Rebirth, Rebuild