Reconstruction

n.	1.	The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
	2.	(U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reëstablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.

Noun	1.	Reconstruction - the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 Synonyms: Reconstruction Period
	2.	reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again
	3.	reconstruction - an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
	4.	reconstruction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall Synonyms: reconstructive memory

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