Noun

(en noun)

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.

Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.

Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.

A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.

Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.

Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.

Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

the revival of hot pants

Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal.

the revival''' of a debt barred by limitation; the '''revival of a revoked will

Revivification, as of a metal.

Noun

(en noun)

A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.

That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback .

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, year=2013 , date=December 6 , author= alim17 , title=Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014! , work=allkpop.com citation , page= , passage= According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback' next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale '''comeback'''! It will be the girls' first Korean ' comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy." }}

A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.

I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.