resuscitation
/rɪsʌsɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/noun [mass noun]1The action or process of reviving someone from unconsciousness or apparent death: paramedics were called and aggressive resuscitation was performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...- He witnesses Peter's amazing resuscitation of his son, a boy who had been in the grave for 14 years.
- She dismissed the possibility that the spinal bleeding could have been associated with resuscitation.
- The legend tells that Paul arranged to have him released from prison in return for his attempting a miraculous resuscitation.
1.1The action of making something active or vigorous again: resuscitation of bygone artistic styles...- My interest here is not in the recuperation or resuscitation of my professional specialization.
- The receiver had the additional charge for floating new security issues to support corporate resuscitation.
- The actual triumph of the programme was the resuscitation from the dead of Dante Sonata.