reconstitution

[ ree-kon-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo- ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reconstitution¹

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

Example Sentences

The account on X, formerly known as Twitter, “is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screenname since she deleted the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation of an account she long ago abandoned,” court spokesperson Al Baker said.

From Seattle Times

“It is not linked to her email address, nor has she posted under that screen name since she deleted the account. Rather, it represents the reconstitution, last April, and manipulation of an account she long ago abandoned.”

From Salon

“It’s just this unique mix of factors that is combining to make this long-held fear about Russian reconstitution, or a Russian attack on NATO, become just a little more tense than it has been for the last couple of years.”

From New York Times

Aresco became the fourth commissioner of the Big East Conference in 2012, and oversaw the reconstitution of that organization into the American Athletic Conference a year later, when the original seven members of the Big East kept that name and returned to their basketball roots.

From Washington Times

Mr. Putin’s rule is all about the reconstitution of this imagined Russian world, or “Russkiy mir,” a revanchist myth built around the idea of an eternal Russian cultural and imperial sphere of which Ukraine — its decision to become an independent state never forgiven — is an integral part.

From New York Times

Related Words

• overhaul
• restructuring