redeliver

Bring back again

To redeliver is to deliver again—typically when a first attempt failed or when something must be returned to its origin.

Delivery services redeliver packages when no one was home: The carrier will redeliver tomorrow.

In legal contexts, redeliver means to return possession of property to its original owner.

shipping

reattempt

Try once more

signature · address · doorstep · notification · courier · package · parcel · shipment · carrier · dispatch

retry

reattempt

Try once more

retry · follow-up · reschedule

communication

retransmit

Broadcast received signals onward

rebroadcast · relay · bounce-back · transmission

logistics

redistribution

Sharing out again differently

sorting · hub · freight · cargo · dispatch · distribution · transportation · carrier · inventory · forwarding

Opposites
delivery sequence/repetition

redeliverdeliver

Transport to recipient

direction of transfer

redeliverreturn to sender

Postal rejection instruction

return · take back · recall · withhold · retain

Family

redelivery, redelivered, redelivering, redelivers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G