reconquest
Taking it back
Reconquest is the act of conquering again what was previously lost—territory, power, or control that had been taken by an enemy or rival.
The term often appears in historical contexts: the Spanish reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.
It can extend to figurative recoveries: the reconquest of market share, a reconquest of lost glory.
Organized effort toward goal
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- battleArmed military engagement
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
assault · occupation · liberation · recapture · counterattack · advance · fortification · stronghold
Recovery of something lost
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- borderOuter edge or limit
- homelandOne's native land
- frontierEdge of settlement
province · region · land · expansion · sovereignty · occupation · acquisition · reoccupation
Iberian Christian territorial recovery
- IberiaSouthwestern European peninsula
- Al-AndalusMedieval Islamic Spain
- GranadaAndalusian city with Moorish palace
- CastileCentral Spanish historical region
Aragon · Isabella I · Catholic Monarchs · Navarre · Portugal · caliphate · emirate · Córdoba
Resounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- liberationRelease from constraint
- vindicationClearance of blame
resurgence · supremacy · domination · reclamation · legacy · commemoration · nationalism · identity
Regaining what was lost
- reclaimingTaking possession again
- reestablishmentAct of founding anew
- reinstatementReturn to previous position
- restorationReturning something to condition
revival · return · regaining · retrieval · repossession · redemption · renewal · reacquisition
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- battleArmed military engagement
offensive · assault · occupation · liberation · recapture · counterattack · advance · fortification · stronghold · cavalry
reclamation
Recovery of something lost
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- borderOuter edge or limit
- homelandOne's native land
frontier · province · region · land · expansion · sovereignty · occupation · acquisition · reoccupation · domain
Reconquista
Iberian Christian territorial recovery
- IberiaSouthwestern European peninsula
- Al-AndalusMedieval Islamic Spain
- GranadaAndalusian city with Moorish palace
Castile · Aragon · Isabella I · Catholic Monarchs · Navarre · Portugal · caliphate · emirate · Córdoba · Toledo
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- liberationRelease from constraint
vindication · resurgence · supremacy · domination · reclamation · legacy · commemoration · nationalism · identity · pride
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- reclaimingTaking possession again
- reestablishmentAct of founding anew
- reinstatementReturn to previous position
restoration · revival · return · regaining · retrieval · repossession · redemption · renewal · reacquisition · reassertion
- Byzantine EmpireConstantinople, Byzantine Empire, Anatolia, Thrace, Theodora
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- ByzantiumByzantine Empire, Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium
- Charles VIIDauphin, Joan of Arc, legitimacy crisis, Hundred Years War, Orleans
- succession crisessuccession crisis, succession dispute, disputed succession, succession war, war of succession
- taking backretraction, withdrawal, revocation, recantation, unsaying
reconquestsurrender
Cease resistance, yield
capitulation · defeat · loss · cession · submission
reconquestcession
Formal transfer of territory
abandonment · withdrawal · retreat · relinquishment · ceding
reconquestacquiescence
Unresisting acceptance
capitulation · resignation · collaboration · appeasement · yielding