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reacquaintance

1 6.8

The act of meeting or getting to know someone again after a long time apart

noun
/ˌriːəˈkwɛɪntəns/

: reconexión

That was a lovely reacquaintance reacquainting.

That was a lovely reacquaintance reacquainting.

Examples

I know Tbear from another forum and am delighted to make his reacquaintance; he made a comment and I responded.

Blog text (17)
After years apart, I was excited to finally make my reacquaintance with my old friend at the reunion.
Their reacquaintance brought back many fond memories of their time together in college.
When they met again at the conference, it felt like a warm reacquaintance after all those years.

Synonyms

reconnection

vsreacquaintance

1 3.9

Connecting again after a time apart, often between people or places

focuses on becoming familiar again emotionally or socially rather than just connecting

Antonyms

estrangement

8 7.8

A feeling of no longer being close to someone

How Familiar

renewal

73 3.5

reconnection

1 3.9

reacquaintance

1 6.8

meeting

93 1.0

introduction

Formal

77 1.4

Surface Forms

reacquaintance singular

reacquaintances plural

Morphology

reacquaintance = reacquaint (transparent) = re + acquaint + ance

This is a regular noun formation from 'reacquaint', and it straightforwardly names the act or instance of becoming acquainted again.

Etymology

Reacquaintance is made of re- meaning 'again' and acquaintance meaning 'to know or be familiar with'. So reacquaintance is the process of becoming familiar with someone or something again after time apart.