The act of regenerating, or the state of being
regenerated.

The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of
becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy
affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in
the heart.

The reproduction of a part which has been removed or
destroyed; re-formation; – a process especially characteristic of a
many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs,
and claws by spiders and crabs.

The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc.,
which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of
life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the
body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.