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