resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/ noun5 •The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. •The act of being raised from the dead into immortal life (as distinguished from a resuscitation into ordinary mortal life). •(Judaism) The general resurrection. •(figurative) A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament. •(no longer used) The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver). formsresurrections