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recoupling

recoupling

6.5
An action that brings people or things back together after separation
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈkʌplɪŋ/
translation icon : reconciliación
  • The process of recoupling can often lead to healing old wounds between friends.

Well, I think my reaction at the recoupling speaks for itself.

Examples

  • Well, I think my reaction at the recoupling speaks for itself.

    Cosmopolitan UK

  • I remember crying to a friend that we're traumatizing our kids with all these divorces and recouplings, and he said,

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The recoupling of the separated family members brought everyone closer together.

  • After several years apart, their recoupling filled them with hope for the future.

Synonyms

reintegration
vsrecoupling
5 4.8

Becoming part of a group or society again after being separated

is about returning to contact rather than resuming group membership
reconnection
vsrecoupling
1 3.9

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

is the full process of bringing separated entities back together
reattachment
vsrecoupling
1 4.6

Putting something back where it was after it was removed

is a broader process of reuniting people or things not only fixing objects
reassociation
vsrecoupling
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Joining things together again after they were separated

is the general process of bringing separated items or people together
reconvergence
vsrecoupling
8.5

People or things that come together again after being apart

is about coming together generally rather than restoring contacts
regathering
vsrecoupling
3.6

A coming together of people after being apart

is broader covering reuniting people or things beyond physical gathering
reinsertion
vsrecoupling
6.1

Helping someone return to normal life and work after prison or long illness

focuses on bringing separated items or people together in general

Antonyms

separation
89 2.6

The process of moving apart or staying apart

disconnection
9 4.2

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

How Connected

fastening
2 3.9
recoupling
6.5
separation
89 2.6

Surface Forms

recoupling singular
recouplings plural

Morphology

recoupling = recouple (transparent) = re + couple + ing

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'recouple', meaning the act or process of doing it.

Etymology

Recoupling combines re- ('again') and couple ('pair' or 'to join'). So, recoupling means 'joining together again', which is why we use it for bringing people, groups, or things back after they have been separated.