Re-gĕn'er-ā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. regeneratio, Fr. régénération, Pr. regeneratio, Sp. regeneracion, It. regenerazione, rigenerazione].
Sense 1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated; reproduction.
Sense 2. (Theol.) The entering into a new spiritual life; that change by which the unholy will in man and the enmity to God and his law are subdued, and a principle of supreme love to God and his law, or holy affections, are implanted in the heart.
He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Tit. iii. 5.
Sense 3. (Physiol.) The reproduction of a part removed or destroyed: re-formation.