n.
1.embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
2.a second or new birth
3.the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that 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
Idiom of the Day
thick-skinned
to be not easily upset or hurt, to be insensitive
The salesman is thick-skinned and is never bothered when he loses a sale or receives criticism.