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🦎 To grow again 🔄 To restore 💪 To renew strength 🕊️ To reform 🕊️ Morally renewed 📻 To amplify signal
regenerate

regenerate

7.4
A person who lives a better, more responsible life
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : regenerado
  • After the difficult experience, she felt regenerate and ready to face new challenges.

Examples

  • The community made a concerted effort to support the regenerate individuals who sought to change their lifestyles for the better.

  • The memoir recounts the journey of a regenerate priest who found faith after despair.

  • After years of reckless behavior, he emerged as a regenerate citizen, devoted to helping others.

  • Her regenerate spirit inspired those around her to seek forgiveness and renewal.

  • She feels regenerate after her meditation sessions.

  • After years of reflection and personal growth, he felt like a regenerate person with renewed morals and values.

  • Having undergone significant changes in his life, he emerged as a regenerate individual, committed to helping others.

Synonyms

reborn
vsregenerate
12 4.4

Having new life and energy, like a place that is active again

is about inner moral or spiritual renewal rather than physical revival
renewed
vsregenerate
2 3.8

Feeling fresh and strong again

focuses on inward moral or spiritual change not just external repair
revived
vsregenerate
3.6

Life, energy, or interest comes back after a time of loss

concerns moral or spiritual reform rather than physical revival
revitalized
vsregenerate
  • US
4.4

Full of new life and energy

emphasizes inner spiritual or moral renewal not energetic boost
reinvigorated
vsregenerate
5.1

Having new energy and feeling strong

applies to moral or spiritual renewal rather than mere energy gain

Antonyms

unregenerate
1 9.9

Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong

corrupted
5.1

Dishonest and morally ruined because of wrong actions

debased
7.0

Made worse in quality, value, or moral standards

How Renewed

renewed
2 3.8
regenerate
  • Formal
7.4
reformed
2 4.2
improved
2.1

Surface Forms

regenerate positive

Morphology

regenerate = generate (semi-transparent) = re + generate

The word is built transparently from 're-' + 'generate', but the adjective sense 'spiritually or morally renewed' is somewhat specialized and not fully predictable from the base meaning alone.

Etymology

Regenerate, as an adjective, keeps the roots re- 'again' and generate 'to create', and it means 'renewed in spirit' after a strong change. That's why a regenerate person is someone who has been morally or spiritually renewed.