(ˈ)rē+ noun
Etymology: re- + birth
1.
a. : a new or second birth : metempsychosis
the individual continues his pilgrimage through various rebirths — R.N.Dandekar
b. : spiritual regeneration
a bench in the front of the church to which all sinners and those in the struggle of rebirth were invited — J.C.Brauer
a novel of death and rebirth — of a spiritual purging and regeneration — M.D.Geismar
2. : renaissance , revival
the greatest achievement of modern science has been the rebirth of the historical sense — Benjamin Farrington
the rebirth of the nationalist movement — M.S.Handler