reasserts

Declares once more

Reasserts means to assert again—to state something forcefully after it had been challenged, forgotten, or allowed to lapse.

A government reasserts control over a region.

Someone reasserts their independence after a difficult period.

The word implies restoration of a claim or position that was previously established: She reasserted her authority over the project.

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reinforce · amplify · insist · proclaim · articulate · foreground · bolster · champion · advocate · drive home

authority

dominance

Superior influence over others

command · sovereignty · leadership · hegemony · ascendancy · governance · mastery · rule · influence · predominance

conviction

certainty

Total absence of doubt

resolve · steadfastness · commitment · tenacity · firmness · insistence · persistence · adamance · unwavering · resoluteness

reaffirms

reaffirmation

Restating a prior commitment

affirmation · validation · corroboration · endorsement · ratification · verification · confirmation · substantiation · authentication · vindication

reclaims

reclamation

Recovery of something lost

repossession · reinstatement · reestablishment · revival · resurrection · renewal · comeback · return · resurgence · rebirth

Opposites
claim/position maintenance

reassertsconcedes

Admits or yields

retracts · withdraws · recants · abandons · renounces

authority/control

reassertscedes

Formally surrenders control

surrenders · relinquishes · abdicates · yields · forfeits

maintaining vs. yielding

reassertsconcedes

Admits or yields

yields · capitulates · surrenders · gives in · backs down

Family

reassert, reasserted, reassertion, reasserting, reassertions

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G