rebirth

English Thesaurus

1. a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life (noun.act)

hypernym	:	redemption, salvation,
definition	:	(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil (noun.act)

hyponym	:	proselytism,
definition	:	the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel (noun.act)

2. the revival of learning and culture (noun.act)

hypernym	:	resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification,
definition	:	bringing again into activity and prominence (noun.act)

3. a second or new birth (noun.event)

hypernym	:	birth, nascence, nascency, nativity,
definition	:	the event of being born (noun.event)

hyponym	:	transmigration,
definition	:	the passing of a soul into another body after death (noun.event)

hyponym	:	cycle of rebirth,
definition	:	(Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms (noun.event)

4. after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	phenomenon,
definition	:	any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning (noun.tops)

5. the revival of learning and culture (noun.act)

derivation	:	renascent, resurgent,
definition	:	rising again as to new life and vigor (adj.all)

derivation	:	renascent, resurgent,
definition	:	rising again as to new life and vigor (adj.all)