recouple

Link back together

To recouple is to couple again—to reconnect things that were previously joined, then separated.

The word appears in discussions of relationships, where partners who split up later reunite: They recoupled after six months apart.

In physics and engineering, recoupling describes restoring connections between systems or components.

The term gained currency through dating reality shows where contestants pair off, break up, and recouple with different partners.

relationship

reconnect

Establish contact again

reattach · reengage · reestablish · remarry · rejoin · relink · reassociate · reaffirm · renew · revive

railway

reconnect

Establish contact again

refasten · hook up · link up · join · hitch · fasten · connect · attach · train cars · carriages

policy

reunify

Restore to one entity

reconnect · relink · coordinate · harmonize · align · synchronize · recalibrate · readjust · rebalance · converge

Opposites
connection status

recoupleuncouple

Separate connected things

decouple · disconnect · detach · separate · disengage

relationship restoration

recouplebreak up

End a relationship

separate · split up · divorce · part ways · go separate ways

Family

recouples, recoupled, recoupling

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