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resurrection.

The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən//ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃn̩/
  1. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. The act of being raised from the dead into immortal life (as distinguished from a resuscitation into ordinary mortal life).

    countable · uncountable
  3. The general resurrection.

    Judaism · countable · uncountable
  4. A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
  5. The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.

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