Synonyms for Renascence (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries):
renaissanceWordNet sense 2 (a second or new birth):
rebirth, reincarnationFrom the ODE community, based on WordNetadd/edit