reconstitution

[ree-kon-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-]

noun

1. the act, process, or result of putting the elements of something back together into a whole; reconstruction.

   Although places and events are concrete, our mental reconstitutions of them are often inaccurate.

   The restorative work aimed at a full reconstitution of the building’s medieval character, including furniture and other objects.

2. the act or process of returning a dehydrated or concentrated food or other substance to its normal liquid state by adding water.

   In the Apollo moon program of the late 1960s, hot water was available for rapid reconstitution of freeze-dried foods by the astronauts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reconstitution¹

First recorded in 1755–65; 1915–20 reconstitution for def. 2; re- ( def. ) + constitution ( def. )

Example Sentences

Dubbed the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust - "Great" for short – the plan was said to be the work of Israeli and American consultants, with input from members of Tony Blair's Institute for Global Change.

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Israeli forces may take some more territory from Hamas for now, but the pressing need is for regular intervention to pressure Hamas and disrupt its reconstitution.

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The account on X, formerly known as Twitter, “is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screenname since she deleted the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation of an account she long ago abandoned,” court spokesperson Al Baker said.

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“It is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screen name since she deleted the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation of an account she long ago abandoned.”

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“It’s just this unique mix of factors that is combining to make this long-held fear about Russian reconstitution, or a Russian attack on NATO, become just a little more tense than it has been for the last couple of years.”

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