refighting
Resuming old conflicts
Refighting is fighting again—revisiting a conflict that has already occurred.
Most often figurative: people refight old battles in arguments, historians refight wars through analysis, and critics refight cultural debates long after they seemed settled.
They spent the whole dinner refighting their divorce.
Strategists still enjoy refighting Gettysburg.
Staged reproduction of events
- rehashRestate without freshness
- revisitExamine again later
- relitigatePursue lawsuit again
- reexamineInspect once more
replay · rework · reassess · reopen · reargue · reinvestigate · reconsider · redebate
Armed conflict between groups
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
engagement · campaign · ambush · counterattack · siege · assault · maneuver · frontline
Verbal clash over differences
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
resentment · antagonism · contention · discord · friction · hostility · animosity · enmity
Persistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- resolveFirmness of purpose
grit · doggedness · stubbornness · relentlessness · obstinacy · willpower · fortitude · defiance
reenactment
Staged reproduction of events
- rehashRestate without freshness
- revisitExamine again later
- relitigatePursue lawsuit again
reexamine · replay · rework · reassess · reopen · reargue · reinvestigate · reconsider · redebate · reanalyze
warfare
Armed conflict between groups
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
skirmish · engagement · campaign · ambush · counterattack · siege · assault · maneuver · frontline · trenches
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
grievance · resentment · antagonism · contention · discord · friction · hostility · animosity · enmity · bickering
tenacity
Persistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
resolve · grit · doggedness · stubbornness · relentlessness · obstinacy · willpower · fortitude · defiance · resistance
refightingmaking peace
Ending hostilities between parties
reconciling · peacemaking · settling · resolving · armistice
refightingletting go
Releasing one's grasp
moving on · forgetting · forgiving · putting to rest · releasing
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