Reinstituting

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of returning a previous system or practice to active duty involves restoring previously discarded regulations or policies
2. An action that entails the revival or restoration of an earlier established practice or norm after a period of suspension
3. The act of bringing back a previously stopped rule, system, or practice into use

Etymology: "Reinstituting" is the present participle of "reinstitute", a verb built from two parts: the prefix "re-", meaning "again", and "institute", meaning to set up or establish. Together they mean to set something up again, typically a system, rule or practice that had been dropped. The root "institute" came into English from Latin "instituere", meaning "to set up, establish or instruct", formed from "in-" and "statuere", "to set up" or "to put in place". That Latin sense of putting something firmly in place is still visible when a government or company reinstitutes a policy: the old arrangement is being set up again from the ground. The "re-" prefix reached English through Old French, which inherited it from Latin "re-", and English then attached it to "institute" to form the verb. Because "re-" was freely added to existing verbs, the word is a transparent compound rather than a term with a dramatic backstory, and its meaning follows directly from its parts.

Synonyms: restoring, reestablishing, reinstating, reintroducing, reviving

Antonyms: abolishing, dismantling, terminating, disbanding, eliminating