Rechallenge

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. To present an opportunity for renewed competition or testing of skills after a previous challenge has occurred
2. To create a situation where an individual is invited to engage in a second attempt or contest after their initial participation
3. To offer a new contest or trial following an earlier challenge

Etymology: "Rechallenge" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning again, attached to "challenge". The English word "challenge" came into Middle English from Old French "chalenge," which descended from Latin "calumnia," meaning false accusation or trickery. That older sense survives in the idea of challenging someone to a duel or a contest, where one party formally calls another out. Adding "re-" gives the sense of calling someone out a second time, which is how the word came to describe offering a person another attempt at a contest they have already entered. The prefix "re-" has its own long line, descending from Latin "re-" and carrying the same meaning of repetition or return that English speakers use in words like "redo" and "replay." Because English readily forms new words this way, "rechallenge" needed no special coinage; it simply joins two familiar parts. The word works as both a verb and a noun, with the noun naming the second contest itself.