Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Revival \Re*viv"al\, n. [From {Revive}.]
   The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
   Specifically:
   (a) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or
       literature.
   (b) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the
       drama and literature.
   (c) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and
       decline; a period of religious awakening; special
       religious interest.
   (d) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; --
       applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
   (e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of
       something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
   (f) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a
       fashion.
   (g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal;
       as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the
       revival of a revoked will, etc.
   (h) Revivification, as of a metal. See {Revivification}, 2.

Source : WordNet®

revival
     n 1: bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of
          trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the
          Gothic revival in architecture" [syn: {resurgence}, {revitalization},
           {revitalisation}, {revivification}]
     2: an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in
        religion [syn: {revival meeting}]