Both Uses of
renovate
in
Divergent, by Veronica Roth
- 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)
Definition:
to improve something that had deteriorated or become old -- especially a building