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🚢 To put back in use 🎖️ To restore rank
to recommission

to recommission

1 7.3
To give someone back their officer rank, often in the armed forces
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkəˈmɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recomisionar
  • After years of service, the general was recommissioned to lead the new division.

Examples

  • She was recommissioned to her previous rank after the review.

  • The naval officers were eager to be recommissioned after the recent conflict ended.

  • The navy decided to recommission the retired officer during the national emergency.

  • After several years away, she was recommissioned as a captain in the army.

  • The government may recommission experienced leaders when facing a crisis.

  • The general decided to recommission the officer after the investigation.

  • As part of the military restructuring, many veterans were recommissioned to active duty.

Synonyms

to reinstate
vsto recommission
110 5.8

To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job

is specific to returning someone to an officer rank in the armed forces
to reappoint
vsto recommission
  • Formal
5 3.8

Give someone the same job again after their term ends

is specific to returning someone to an officer rank in the armed forces
to reordain
vsto recommission
  • Formal
8.8

To choose someone again for a job or position

is specific to returning someone to an officer rank in the armed forces

Antonyms

to discharge
  • Formal
100 4.4

Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility

to dismiss
70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

How Restored

to reinstate
110 5.8
to recommission
  • Specialized
1 7.3
to reappoint
  • Formal
5 3.8
recall
  • Formal
9 5.1

Surface Forms

recommission infinitive
recommissioned past
recommissioned past participle
recommissioning present participle
recommissions third person singular

Morphology

recommission = commission (transparent) = re + commission

Given the verb 'commission' meaning 'appoint formally', adding 're-' clearly yields the meaning 'appoint again or restore to commissioned status'.

Etymology

Recommission is made of re- 'again' and commission 'official rank or order', so to recommission a person is to give them their officer rank again and put them back into an official job.