1. (n.) The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

2. (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.

copy duplication imitation palingenesis re-creation re-formation reassembling reassembly rebirth rebuilding reconstitution redesign redoing reedition reestablishment refabrication refashioning regeneration regenesis reinstitution reissue remaking remodeling renascence renovation reorganization repetition reprinting reproduction reshaping restoration restructuring resurrection revision revival