springtime

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The season of spring, between winter and summer.

   “Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils.”

2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A period of flourishing and renewal.

   “For the moment, at least, there is a sense that a new springtime has arrived for the Church’s progressives.”