Emily Dickinson Lexicon

returning, verbal n. [see return, v.] (webplay: day, house, labor).

1. Reappearance; [fig.] coming back to mortality.
2. Kind of renewal; type of renovation; manner of coming again; [fig.] resurrection.
3. Homecoming; state of having come back.
4. Resuscitation; breathing again; coming back to life.