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Reconstruction : (noun)
1: the period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into
the Union; 1865-1877 [syn: Reconstruction, Reconstruction
Period]
2: the activity of constructing something again
3: an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of
evidence
4: recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract
features which are then used to construct the memory
during recall [syn: reconstructive memory]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Reconstruction : \Re`con*struc"tion\ (-str?k"sh?n), n.
1. The act of constructing again; the state of being
reconstructed.
2. (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the
governments of the States which had passed ordinances of
secession, and of re["e]stablishing their constitutional
relations to the national government, after the close of
the Civil War.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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