rebirth
UK/ɹiːˈbɜːθ//ɹiˈbɝθ/
rebirth noun: reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
Noun
rebirth (plural rebirths)
- Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
- A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]1989, Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality, page 35
- Revival, reinvigoration.
- And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]2009, Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century
- Spiritual renewal.
- The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.2000, Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments, page 132
- Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233
Verb
rebirth (third-person singular simple present rebirths, present participle rebirthing, simple past and past participle rebirthed)
- To cause to be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.
- D’Alessandro fashioned it upon a book he wrote, the lost stories he rebirthed and cherished.2011, John Trevillian, The A-Men Return, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics.: Matador, →ISBN, page 196
- To be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.
- As I rebirthed and did the LRT, I began to love and accept myself as a woman.1991, Rhonda Levand, “[Celebrating Our Sexuality] Balancing Male and Female Energy”, in Sexual Evolution: How Your Birth and Rebirth Affect Your Sexuality & What to Do About It, Berkeley, Calif....
- “And how ’bout me?” / “Two life sentences, probably.” / “The one life,” says Johnny, laughing, “isn’t enough? They don’t satisfy one, they want two? Maybe when I rebirth again, I owe them another next life.”2001, John Sack, The Dragonhead: The True Story of the Godfather of Chinese Crime—His Rise and Fall, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 371
rebirth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
rebirth in Hindi
- reincarnation
- पुनर्जन्म punarjanma
- revival, reinvigoration
- पुनर्जीवित punarjīvit
- spiritual renewal
- पुनर्जीवित punarjīvit
rebirth in Tamil
- reincarnation
- மறுபிறவி maṟupiṟavi, மறுபிறப்பு maṟupiṟappu
- revival, reinvigoration
- மறுபிறவி maṟupiṟavi
- spiritual renewal
- மறுபிறவி maṟupiṟavi
rebirth in Bengali
- rebirth
- পুনর্জন্ম punrjonmo
rebirth in Malayalam
- rebirth; reincarnation
- മറുപിറപ്പ് maṟupiṟappŭ
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- rebirth in Kannada
- ಮರುವಾಳ್, ಮರುವಾಳು, ಮರುಬಾಳು, ಮರುವುಟ್ಟು
- rebirth in Sanskrit
- जाति jātí, जन्मन् jánman
Examples of rebirth in a sentence
- The ceremony of baptism symbolizes spiritual rebirth.
- They are also involved in cannabis dealing, vehicle theft, car rebirthing, currency counterfeiting and fraud.
- New bosses were running things now – the hydro marijuana houses, the standover and the car rebirthing.
Forms of rebirth
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rebirths |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rebirths |
| present participle | rebirthing |
| past participle | rebirthed |
| past | rebirthed |
Origin of rebirth
From re- + birth.
Words formed from rebirth
Words that rhyme with rebirth
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Questions about rebirth
- What does rebirth mean?
- Rebirth means reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
- What is rebirth in Hindi?
- Rebirth in Hindi is पुनर्जन्म (punarjanma), पुनर्जीवित (punarjīvit). See Rebirth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rebirth?
- Rebirth can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rebirth?
- Rebirth is pronounced /ɹiːˈbɜːθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rebirth?
- The plural of rebirth is rebirths.
Words near rebirth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rebirth (page history and authors); পুনর্জন্ম (Bengali) (page history and authors); മറുപിറപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); rebirth (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जन्मन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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