re-embracementn.
/ˌriːɪmˈbreɪsm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːɛmˈbreɪsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriəmˈbreɪsm(ə)nt/, /ˌriɛmˈbreɪsm(ə)nt/ rare.
The action of embracing again; an instance of this. Chiefly figurative.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Rabbracciamenti, re-imbracements.
1682 S. Crossman Humble Plea Quiet Rest God's Ark 34 The Church even over-joy'd in the re-imbracement of her children.
1962 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 106 185/2 In the decade that followed, a movement gained headway to bring both the federal government and the states toward a more generous re-embracement of the democratic tradition.
1976 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 30 June 6 c/2 This re-embracement of ‘states' rights’ may prove to be as unwise as when first practiced.
2007 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Time Out) 12 This masterpiece was a..re-embracement of previous styles that upset the status-quo apple cart, from rockabilly to reggae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1611- self-exalted
- self-exalting
- self-exaltingly
- self-examinant
- self-examination
- self-examiner
- self-examining
- self-excellency
- self-excitation
- self-excite
- self-excited
- self-exciting
- self-excluded
- self-excuse
- self-excusing
- self-executing
- self-exhibition
- self-exhibitions
- self-exile
- self-exiled
- self-exist
- self-existence
- self-existences
- self-existency
- self-existent