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

At a club where relations with fans have been fractious for several years, Pereira became the heart of a brief but emotional reconnection. —Steve Madeley, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

If addiction ends in reconnection, as Kennedy says, then dismissing interventions that create stability, trust, and continuity in people’s lives is counterproductive. —Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026

Magnetic reconnection, the snapping and rejoining of those twisted magnetic field lines, is believed to be the fundamental mechanism driving stellar flares. —Paul Sutter, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2026

Mennano suggests that competitor couples (even those of us who aren’t Olympians) should focus on reconnection post-competition. —Ciara Lucas, SELF, 5 Feb. 2026

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