reentrance

Second time in

Reentrance is the act of entering again after leaving: Her reentrance into the workforce came after a decade of raising children.

The word applies to physical spaces, social roles, or states of being.

In theater and performance, a reentrance is a return to the stage after an exit.

return

homecoming

Returning to one's origin

revisit · repatriation · reunion · restoration · resurgence · revival · renewal · reintegration · reclaiming · reinstatement

performance

encore

Audience-demanded extra performance

comeback · bow · ovation · restaging · revival

threshold

doorway

Passage into a room

foyer · entryway · passage · opening · access · ingress · door · archway · lobby · antechamber

computing

recursion

Process invoking itself

lock · semaphore · concurrent · nested · stack · subroutine · function · procedure · synchronization

Opposites
sequence of entry

reentrancedebut

First public appearance

first appearance · premiere · introduction

direction of movement

reentranceexit

Way to leave

departure · leaving · egress · withdrawal · going out

Family

enter, entry, entrance, entering, entrant, reenter, reenact, reenactment, reenacted

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