Noun
An opportunity to live longer than was expected, due to some kind of reprieve.
The heart transplant has given him a new lease of life.
The facelift proposed for the old theatre may well give it a new lease of life.
(figuratively) An opportunity to an improved quality of life, due to some change in circumstances.
The latest developments in drugs to treat patients with bipolar disorders have given many a new lease of life.
Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life. James Joyce
The capture of Simbirsk, my home town, is a wonderful tonic, the best treatment for my wounds. I feel a new lease of life and energy. Vladimir Lenin
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life. Samuel Butler (novelist)