prodigal return
Squanderer comes back
A prodigal return is a homecoming after a period of absence marked by waywardness, excess, or estrangement—from the biblical parable of the prodigal son, who squandered his inheritance before returning home to his father's welcome.
The phrase often implies both repentance and reconciliation: After years of silence, her prodigal return to the family was met with tears.
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- welcome homeGreeting for one returning
- come backReturn after absence
- waywardStubbornly self-willed
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
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- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
- faith storiesconversion story, personal testimony, spiritual journey, salvation story, conversion experience
- storiesstory, tale, tales, myth, legend
- domestic fictionfamily drama, family saga, home life, family secrets, family dysfunction
prodigal returnhero's welcome
victory parade · ticker-tape parade · vindication · royal procession · standing ovation
prodigal returnfinal farewell
Conclusive leave-taking
estrangement · exile · cutting ties · disownment · abandonment
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