Reconstruction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Reconstruction	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reconstruction n the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 Synonym(s): Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period the activity of constructing something again an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall Synonym(s): reconstruction, reconstructive memory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[89]stablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.