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View synonyms for reconstitution

reconstitution

[ ree-kon-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo- ]

noun

  1. the act, process, or result of putting the elements of something back together into a whole; reconstruction:

    Although places and events are concrete, our mental reconstitutions of them are often inaccurate.

    The restorative work aimed at a full reconstitution of the building’s medieval character, including furniture and other objects.

  2. the act or process of returning a dehydrated or concentrated food or other substance to its normal liquid state by adding water:

    In the Apollo moon program of the late 1960s, hot water was available for rapid reconstitution of freeze-dried foods by the astronauts.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of reconstitution1

First recorded in 1755–65; 1915–20 reconstitution fordef 2; re- ( def ) + constitution ( def )

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