Rinnovazione, or Newness

After the fortunate discovery of the Italian word for soulful, today I struck luck again in finding a good word for newness. Newness is an indispensable quality on one's path and always had a tremendous importance in my life.

The year 1993 is related in a special way to the quality of Newness.

1993 New Year Message God is dreaming, Newness singing, Oneness blossoming, Fulness dancing. Hope no more gropes. Life without slopes. Splendid depths and heights Transform bondage-nights. [1]

Regarding newness, Sri Chinmoy also said:

"[...] it is only with newness, newness at every moment in life, that you can succeed and transcend yourself. If you always have the hope of newness in thought and in action, then only you can transcend." [2]

The perfect Italian counterpart for newness is rinnovazione.

Rinnovazióne, sf. Rinnovamento piú o meno radicale, rinascita, palingenesi del mondo. - Trasformazione profonda dell'animo, dell'esistenza, che ridá loro forza, vigore, nuova luce spirituale. - La ripresa di vigore spirituale, voglia di vivere, capacitá di sentire fortemente; trasformarsi a fondo nell'animo, abbandonando vecchie abitudini o pensieri, o modi di vita per altri spiritualmente piú elevati. [3]

Rinnovazione's meaning is based on the word rinnovamento, which is another good Italian word for newness, albeit, in my opinion, not as good as the first.

Interestingly, the two words differ slightly in meaning as well as in gender -- from the grammar point of view, rinnovamento is masculine, rinnovazione is feminine.

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Sri Chinmoy, New Year's Messages [book on-line] (New York: Agni Press, 1994, accessed 11 March 2007), 27:263-270; available from Sri Chinmoy Library, http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/new-year-messages/27.html; Internet.
Sri Chinmoy, Inner Progress And Satisfaction-Life [book on-line] (New York: Agni Press, 1977, accessed 11 March 2007), 2:22; available from Sri Chinmoy Library, http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/inner-progress/2.html; Internet.
Salvatore Battaglia, Grande Dizionario della Lingua Italiana Vol. XVI (Torino: UTET, 1990), 568.