retaken

Recovered after loss

Retaken is the past participle of retake.

Something retaken has been taken again or taken back—a city retaken by enemy forces, a photograph retaken after someone blinked, an exam retaken after a failed first attempt: The course must be retaken if you score below 60%.

recaptured

reconquered

Seized back by conquest

seized · recovered · regained · reacquired · resecured · repossessed · rewon · reasserted · recouped · reabsorbed

photography

reshot

Filmed a second time

reposed · refocused · restaged · reimaged · recomposed · cropped · adjusted · edited · filtered

exam

resat

Occupied a seat again

repeated · reexamined · resubmitted · failed · passed · graded · scored · makeup · second-chance · reassessed

Opposites
possession/control

retakensurrendered

Ceased resistance formally

relinquished · given up · ceded · lost · forfeited

military/territorial action

retakensurrendered

Ceased resistance formally

lost · fallen · ceded · overrun · abandoned

examination/test context

retakenpassed

Went beyond or succeeded

skipped · waived · abandoned · failed · dropped

Family

retake, retaking, retakes, retaker, retakers

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