Definition of "renascence" [re•nas•cence]

• A new birth or life; a rebirth. (noun)
• A cultural revival; a renaissance. (noun)
• Renaissance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Cuvier on fossil bones, under the most favorable circumstances, in a kind of renascence of the science of organization of animals, then almost effaced in France, aided by the richest osteological collections which then existed in Europe, M.  G."
• "For as fruitful as President Obama's Administration has been, it would be hard to argue that his legislative triumphs have been accompanied by a renascence of public progressivism."
• "Part of the extravagant joyfulness of this year's celebrations comes from the remarkable renascence the gallery has enjoyed as a consequence of three main factors: its highly regarded education program; the tactful modern extension designed by Rick Mather, which furnished a caf é and lecture rooms, completed in 1999, and its imaginative temporary exhibitions."