1an improvement in the condition, strength, or fortunes of someone or something:a revival in the fortunes of the partyan economic revival
a restoration to life or consciousness: [as modifier]:cryogenic revival patients
2an instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again:cross-country skiing is enjoying a revival
a new production of an old play or similar work:they both played in a major revival of The School for Scandal
a reawakening of religious fervour, especially by means of evangelistic meetings:the revivals of the nineteenth century [mass noun]:a wave of religious revival
revival in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of revival in the US English dictionary