Thesaurus: reentry

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1. n. A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
2. n. A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
3. n. the act of entering again
4. 1. A second or new entry; as, a reëntry into public life. 2. (Law) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease. Burrill. Card of reëtry, (Whist), a card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.
5. A resuming or retaking possession of what one has latelyforegone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor uponthe premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or performthe covenants in the lease. Burrill. Card of reëtry, (Whist), a cardthat by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced periodof the hand.
6. n. the act of entering again