Meaning of RECONSTRUCTION
| Pronunciation: | | `reekun'strukshun
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- [n] the activity of constructing something again
- [n] recall via mental reconstruction
- [n] an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
- [n] the period after the United States Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
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RECONSTRUCTION is a 14 letter word that starts with R. |
| | See Also: | | fix, fixing, fixture, historic period, interpretation, mending, reassembly, rebuilding, recall, recollection, refabrication, re-formation, regeneration, reminiscence, repair, reparation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re`con*struc"tion\ (-str?k"sh?n), n.
1. The act of constructing again; the state of being
reconstructed.
2. (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the
governments of the States which had passed ordinances of
secession, and of re["e]stablishing their constitutional
relations to the national government, after the close of
the Civil War.
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