Both Uses
renovate
in
Divergent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)
- Renovation moves slowly through the city, which is a patchwork of new, clean buildings and old, crumbling ones.
p. 24.3 *renovation = improvement (of something that had deteriorated)
- The Abnegation volunteer agency my mother works for is responsible for most of those renovations.
p. 24.5renovations = improvements (to things that had deteriorated)
Definitions:
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(1)
(renovate) to improve something that had deteriorated or become old -- especially a building
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)