reconstitution

American  

[ree-kon-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-] / riˌkɒn stɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtju- /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of reconstitution

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

Example Sentences

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reconstitution

But Cole’s framing was also correct; sometimes what is needed is reconstitution, a “new birth of freedom.”

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

In June, the Russell Index reconstitution shifted tech giants Amazon, Apple and Microsoft partially or further into the Russell 1000 Value Index.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The list released Friday is preliminary, and will be finalized June 18 before the reconstitution takes effect on June 29.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

In these in vitro reconstitution experiments, they observed that the filaments display dynamic instability.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026

On the reconstitution of the court of appeal in 1876, Brett was elevated to the rank of a lord justice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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