re-enters

Comes in again

Re-enters means to enter again after having left.

A spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere upon returning to Earth.

An actor re-enters the stage after an exit.

Someone who left the workforce re-enters it by taking a new job.

She re-enters the room to retrieve her phone.

The hyphen distinguishes it from "reenters," though both spellings are acceptable.

resumption

continues

Proceeds without stopping

carries on · rejoins · recommences · restarts · goes back · persists · follows up · reconnects · reengages · revisits

comeback

returns

Profits from investments

renaissance · rebirth · rejuvenation · triumph · vindication · redemption · reclamation · reinstatement · reawakening · reformation

second-chance

redemption

Recovery or moral restoration

rehabilitation · amnesty · clemency · absolution · atonement · pardon · grace · mercy · reconciliation · renewal

reappearance

resurfaces

Appears again after absence

comes back · materializes · emerges · manifests · crops up · turns up · passes through · arrives

Opposites
direction of movement relative to a space

re-entersexits

Departure points

leaves · departs · goes out · withdraws · walks out

presence vs. absence in a space

re-enterskeeps away

Maintains distance from

keeps out · abstains · holds back

continuation vs. cessation of participation

re-entersquits

Voluntarily stops or departs

drops out · resigns · bows out · disengages · abandons

Family

reenter, reentered, reenters, reentering

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