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reborn

reborn

2 5.2
Feeling a strong new faith after a deep personal change
  • adjective
  • /riˈbɔrn/
: renacido
  • The old Adam (and Eve) is to die and people are to be reborn in Christ.

And then he says, like hell is is being reborn.

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Examples

  • So the wife and the husband are, in a sense, 'reborn' as mother and father during the birth process.

    Academic text (2005)
  • This is a chance for you to be reborn and to start again.

  • Being reborn is pretty cool.

  • Consequently, those who believed were reborn and gained immortality themselves.

    Academic text (2004)
  • At graduation, they are reborn as adults and reintroduced into society.

    Academic text (1999)
  • New converts were only considered truly "reborn" when they fulfilled God's work within their new lives.

    Academic text (2016)
  • His passion for police work has been reborn, judging from his rapt, totally absorbed stare.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Even if renamed and reborn, Sarita was still Bella's daughter, and she sang to her every day.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As a result, captives often spoke freely, regarded themselves as 'reborn', and cooperated extensively.

    Academic text (2010)
  • After a long journey of self-discovery, he felt reborn and ready to embrace a new chapter in his life.

Synonyms

born-again
vsreborn
64 6.8

Someone who has had a spiritual rebirth after becoming a Christian

applies more broadly to spiritual renewal beyond that specific label
redeemed
vsreborn
  • Formal
8 7.5

Saved from sin by forgiveness when you believe

emphasizes renewal or conversion rather than being forgiven or saved
revitalized
vsreborn
  • US
6 4.4

Full of new life and energy

is about spiritual renewal or conversion rather than general vitality return
revived
vsreborn
5 3.6

Life, energy, or interest comes back after a time of loss

refers to spiritual renewal or conversion rather than physical recovery
reinvigorated
vsreborn
2 5.1

Having new energy and feeling strong

concerns spiritual conversion rather than merely regaining energy
regenerate
vsreborn
  • Formal
1 7.4

A person who lives a better, more responsible life

focuses on personal religious conversion rather than general moral reform

Antonyms

68 1.0

Still the same as before

How Spiritually Renewed

transformed
15 3.4
reborn
2 5.2
unchanged
68 1.0

Surface Forms

reborn positive
reborner comparative
rebornest superlative

Morphology

reborn = born (semi-transparent) = re + born

The meaning 'born again' is fairly accessible from 're-' and 'born', but the specifically spiritual sense is a conventional metaphor rather than a purely literal repetition of birth.

Etymology

Reborn comes from the parts re- 'again' and born 'to be born'. A helpful image is being 'born again' in a spiritual way, so reborn describes someone who has had a deep religious renewal.