reconnection

noun

re·​con·​nec·​tion (ˌ)rē-kə-ˈnek-shən 

plural reconnections

: the act or result of restoring a connection : the state of being reconnected

Your best bet is to arrange a utility transfer as far ahead as possible to avoid any disruption in service and the dreaded and totally avoidable reconnection fee.

—Leslie Sargent Eskildsen

His reconnection with lost family members … made him aware for the first time not only of his clan's fate in the People's Republic, but also of the distinguished part it had played during the dynastic period as well.

—Orville Schell

Examples of reconnection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Erre and Natalia bumble into some sort of romantic reconnection, wary yet compelled. —Diana Arterian july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025

That helped rejuvenate her, and the benefits of that reconnection are evident in Washington. —Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2025

When the Sun's particles enter this funnel, the Earth's and the Sun's magnetic fields can come into contact with one another and rearrange themselves in a process scientists call magnetic reconnection. —Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 July 2025

Retirees, for instance, are drawn to the game as a means of social reconnection after leaving the workplace. —Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reconnection

• circumspection
• disaffection
• disconnection
• disinfection
• dorsiflexion
• imperfection
• indirection
• insurrection
• intellection
• interjection
• intersection
• introjection