Reconnections

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of establishing a connection again after it has been lost or severed
2. A renewed relationship or interaction between previously disconnected entities or individuals
3. The process of reconnecting various elements or components that were once linked but have become detached

Etymology: "Reconnections" is the plural of "reconnection", a noun built from the prefix "re-", meaning again, and "connection". The base word traces back through Middle English and Old French to Latin "connexio", from "connectere", to bind together, combining "com-" (together) with "nectere" (to tie or bind). English "connection" thus preserves the sense of things tied or fastened together. The prefix "re-" is one of English's most productive, and it attaches freely to nouns and verbs that describe restoring something that was undone. A "reconnection" is therefore simply the fresh tying-together of two things that had come apart, whether a phone line, a friendship, or a severed nerve.

Synonyms: reunions, restorations, reestablishments, relinkings, rejoins

Antonyms: separations, disconnects, breaks, divisions, splits