RECONSTRUCTION - Definition

Pronunciation:		`reekun'strukshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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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	See Also:	fix, fixing, fixture, historic period, interpretation, mending, reassembly, rebuilding, recall, recollection, refabrication, re-formation, regeneration, reminiscence, repair, reparation

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.