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restoration

/ˌrestəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

A2CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

Any filling, inlay, crown or other material used to repair and rebuild a damaged or decayed tooth.

The old amalgam restoration has started to leak, so I'd suggest replacing it with a bonded composite.

Similar: filling

Topic: Dentistry in Medical English

Law noun

The reinstatement of a lapsed right where the failure to renew is shown to be unintentional.

The office allowed restoration of the patent on proof that the missed payment was inadvertent.

Similar: reinstatement

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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