reobtaining

Securing once more

Reobtaining is getting something back that you had before, or acquiring it again after losing access to it: The process of reobtaining your password requires identity verification.

The word is formal and somewhat bureaucratic—in casual speech, people usually say getting back.

retrieval

recovering

Regaining health or strength

recapturing · repossessing · recoupment · getting back · taking back · replevin · recovery · reclamation · reassuming · resumption

legal

repossession

Creditor seizing collateral

confiscation · impoundment · replevin · distraint · forfeiture · sequestration · expropriation · eviction · levy · dispossession

data

retrieval

Act of getting back

download · fetch · recall · archive · cache · file recovery · data recovery · undelete · salvage · extraction

restoration

reinstating

Returning to previous position

reviving · rebuilding · rehabilitating · returning · bringing back · restitution · reinstatement · resumption · reconstitution · revival

effort

perseverance

Sustained resolve despite obstacles

striving · endeavor · diligence · pursuit · struggle · commitment · resolve · grit · attempt · work

Opposites
acquisition vs. loss

reobtaininglosing

Failing to win

surrendering · forfeiting · relinquishing · giving up · ceding

recovery vs. permanent loss

reobtainingwriting off

Declaring something a loss

Family

obtain, obtaining, obtained, obtainable, unobtainable, reobtain, obtainment, reobtained, reobtains

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