Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Renascence \Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See {Renascent},
   and cf. {Renaissance}.]
   1. The state of being renascent.

            Read the Ph?nix, and see how the single image of
            renascence is varied.                 --Coleridge.

   2. Same as {Renaissance}.

            The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature,
            and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M.
                                                  Arnold.

Source : WordNet®

renascence
     n : the revival of learning and culture [syn: {rebirth}, {Renaissance}]