rebuilding

renovation

Restoring to good condition

• refurbishmentRenewal of worn items
• preservationMaintaining something's condition
• conservationPreventing waste or loss

reconditioning · retrofitting · reconstitution · maintenance · reinstatement · heritage · landmark · historic · original · authenticity

revitalization

Restoring vigor or vitality

• transformationThorough change in form
• renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
• rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration

reinvention · reform · restructuring · redevelopment · modernization · overhaul · redesign · regeneration · innovation · progress

healing

Restoration of health

• rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
• therapyCurative mental treatment
• convalescencePost-illness healing phase

recuperation · mending · treatment · comeback · overcoming · remission · bounceback · salvage · reclaiming · retrieval

fortitude

Enduring courage under pain

• perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
• determinationFirmness of purpose
• enduranceSustained effort capacity

grit · tenacity · strength · adaptability · courage · steadfastness · toughness · backbone · stamina · mettle

foundation

Underlying support structure

• scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
• frameworkUnderlying support system
• demolitionDeliberate structural destruction

crane · blueprint · excavation · masonry · infrastructure · steelwork · girder · cement · plumbing · hardhat

• flood responseflood relief, flood warning, flood control, flood barriers, sandbags
• reconstructingreassembling, piecing together, putting back, reconstituting, restructuring
• restorationrestoration, repair, renovation, refurbishment, rehab
• revisiting actionsretrying, redoing, reviewing, rereading, rewatching
• 9/11World Trade Center, Twin Towers, Ground Zero, September 11, Pentagon
• postwardemobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations, war crimes trials