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An example use of restoration in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… to do a full restoration to deal with …”
Restoration is the act of returning something to its original state.
the word restoration occurs in english on average 19.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.