reacclimate

Get used to

To reacclimate is to adjust again to conditions you were once accustomed to but have been away from: After years abroad, she needed time to reacclimate to American life.

The word implies a return—you acclimated once, left, and must do it over.

It applies to climates, cultures, routines, or environments: It took him weeks to reacclimate to civilian life after deployment.

social

reintegrate

Return to unified state

reestablish · familiarize · rehabilitation · homecoming · culture shock · reverse culture shock · expatriate · repatriation · community · belonging

environmental

habitat

Organism's natural environment

terrain · surroundings · locale · conditions · atmosphere · migration · relocation · homecoming · return · wildlife

physiological

altitude

Measured height above reference

exposure · habituation · heat · humidity · oxygen · temperatures · pressure · decompression · jet lag · thermoregulation

Opposites
adaptation process

reacclimateflounder

Struggle awkwardly, or seafood

change vs. stability

reacclimatestay put

Remain in place

Family

reacclimated, reacclimating

Familiarity
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