refurbish
Meaning: to restore, clean up
Usage: The dingy old chair, after being refurbished, commanded the handsome price of $200.
renovate
Meaning: restore, return to original state 2. to enlarge and make prettier, especially a house
Usage: After getting renovated, the house was twice as big and much more attractive.
restitution
Meaning: restoration to the rightful owner
Usage: Many people feel that descendants of slaves should receive restitution for the sufferings of their ancestors.
inchoate
Meaning: unformed or formless, in a beginning stage
Usage: The country’s government is still inchoate and, because it has no great tradition, quite unstable.