S: (v) regenerate, renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new) "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
S: (v) replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)) "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
S: (v) change, exchange, commute, convert (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category) "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
S: (v) rectify (convert into direct current) "rectify alternating current"
S: (v) utilize (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))
S: (v) vent, ventilate, air out, air (expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen) "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
S: (v) reincarnate, renew (cause to appear in a new form) "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market"
S: (v) revive, resurrect (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state) "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
S: (v) overhaul, modernize, modernise (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to) "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"
S: (v) retrofit (substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones) "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
S: (v) restore, reconstruct (return to its original or usable and functioning condition) "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
S: (v) rehabilitate (help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute) "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
S: (v) defibrillate (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks) "The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life"
W: (n) refurbishment [Related to: refurbish] (the state of being restored to its former good condition) "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
W: (n) renovation [Related to: renovate] (the state of being restored to its former good condition) "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
W: (n) renovation [Related to: renovate] (the act of improving by renewing and restoring) "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed"