refreshment (n.)
- aeration
- airing
- aliment
- alimentation
- bite
- board
- chow
- collation
- eats
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- feed
- food
- fortification
- furbishment
- grub
- hardening
- invigoration
- keep
- meal
- meat
- mess
- nosh
- nourishment
- nurture
- nutriment
- oxygenation
- pabulum
- palingenesis
- pap
- rebirth
- recrudescence
- refection
- refurbishment
- regeneration
- reinforcement
- rejuvenation
- renaissance
- renascence
- renewal
- renovation
- repast
- restoration
- restorative
- resurgence
- resurrection
- resuscitation
- retread
- revival
- revivification
- snack
- spread
- stimulation
- strengthening
- support
- sustenance
- table
- tempering
- tonic
- treat
- ventilation
'T is a little thing
To give a cup of water; yet its draught
Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips,
May give a shock of pleasure to the frame
More exquisite than when nectarean juice
Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.