Opened again

[Aksinia]

Hello.

During Soviet times the monastery cemetery fell into neglect, with many of its tombs profaned, and monuments and crosses demolished by tractors.

Now the cemetery is opened again.

What verb is the most appropriate to describe it?
Now the cemetery is _______ again.
Recreated, renewed, restored?

 

[Rover_KE]

Where did you find this homework question?

 

[Aksinia]

This is the history of the Holy Dormition Sviatogorsk Lavra in Ukraine.
I just need to rephrase the sentence with the main sense to be kept.
For this reason, I try to find an appropriate verb to show that the monastery cemetery is taken care of it by the monks nowadays.

 

[tedmc]

Rehabilitated.

 

[Tdol]

I wouldn't use rehabilitated, but restored is OK for me.

 

[emsr2d2]

Note that using "again" at the end doesn't make sense with any of the choices. It would only work if this was the second time it had been restored/rebuilt. "Rehabilitated" doesn't work for me at all.

 

[tedmc]

I wouldn't use rehabilitated, but restored is OK for me.​

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Note that using "again" at the end doesn't make sense with any of the choices. It would only work if this was the second time it had been restored/rebuilt. "Rehabilitated" doesn't work for me at all.

Why is that restored works but rehabilitated doesn't?

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think any of the options so far mentioned are right. I suggest this:

Now the cemetery is once again being looked after.

 

[Skrej]

I would only use 'rehabilitated' for a living thing (person or animal) despite what dictionary entries suggest.

I think 'restored' works okay, but it doesn't convey the idea that the monks are continuing to maintain the cemetery after restoring it. You could restore the cemetery, only to have it fall back into disrepair if neglected again.

I'd say something like "Nowadays the cemetery is maintained/kept by the monks."

 

[Rover_KE]

... or 'tended'.

 

[tedmc]

"Rehabilitate" is commonly used in architecture (the field that I am in), not just people.
See definition 3.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/rehabilitate

http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/cem101.html

 

[emsr2d2]

It might be used in that field but, in general everyday speech, native speakers use it for people, not buildings. I have never heard a layperson talk about "rehabilitating a building".

 

[TheParser]

During Soviet times the monastery cemetery fell into neglect, with many of its tombs profaned, and monuments and crosses demolished by tractors.

Now the cemetery is opened again.

NOT A TEACHER

I feel that one should say that the cemetery is now open again.

(If I am wrong, I request the moderators to delete my post.)

 

[Tdol]

Specialist jargon often differs from ordinary speech. Feel free to use the term among architects, but I would avoid it in non-specialist circles. I've got through more than half a century of life without hearing this usage.