second chance

noun

: an opportunity to try something again after failing one time

I could have fired him, but I gave him a second chance.

Examples of second chance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Everybody’s an ex-something, and everybody deserves a second chance, sometimes [a] third chance. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Despite the defendant’s apparent squeaky-clean life, ADA Martin-Klein implored the judge not to give Santiago a second chance. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Less than a year later, she was accused of violating the terms of her probation, but was given a second chance and ordered to re-enroll in a drug treatment program. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

This season rung in the changes with a new Judges’ Callbacks round, which gave select performers a second chance to perform before the judges’ chose who to advance for the live round. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for second chance

• circumstance
• esperance
• exceedance
• happenstance
• refinance
• advance
• askance
• enhance
• expanse
• finance
• freelance
• mischance