REINCARNATION
reincarnation
(noun) the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person’s own actions
reincarnation, rebirth, renascence
(noun) a second or new birth
reincarnation
(noun) embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); “his reincarnation as a lion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)
A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs.
A fresh embodiment.
A new, considerably improved, version.
Synonyms
• rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)
Source: Wiktionary