reunify
Bring together again
Reunify means to bring back together what was once unified but became divided.
The word appears most often in political contexts—efforts to reunify a divided nation, party, or movement: Germany reunified in 1990, The party struggled to reunify after the contentious primary.
It can also describe restoring divided families or organizations to wholeness.
Restoration of friendly relations
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
accord · treaty · sovereignty · federation · confederation · détente · partition · divided
Restore after interruption
- reconnectEstablish contact again
- rebuildRestore after damage
- revitalizeRestore strength and vitality
- renewMake valid again
reinstate · rekindle · revive · rehabilitate · regenerate · reclaim · mend · repair
Establish contact again
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- kinshipState of being related
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
adoption · custody · mediation · forgiveness · healing · closure · separation · diaspora
Unite separate things
- integrateCombine into unified whole
- amalgamateMerge distinct entities
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- fuseProtective melting wire
coalesce · join · converge · synthesize · incorporate · assimilate · link · pool
reconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
negotiation · accord · treaty · sovereignty · federation · confederation · détente · partition · divided · border
reestablish
Restore after interruption
- reconnectEstablish contact again
- rebuildRestore after damage
- revitalizeRestore strength and vitality
renew · reinstate · rekindle · revive · rehabilitate · regenerate · reclaim · mend · repair · reconstruct
reconnect
Establish contact again
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- kinshipState of being related
homecoming · adoption · custody · mediation · forgiveness · healing · closure · separation · diaspora · repatriation
consolidate
Unite separate things
- integrateCombine into unified whole
- amalgamateMerge distinct entities
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
fuse · coalesce · join · converge · synthesize · incorporate · assimilate · link · pool · centralize
- family reunionGathering of relatives
- class reunionFormer schoolmates reconvening
- high school reunionPeriodic alumni social event
- school reunionFormer classmates gathering years later
- tearful reunionWeepy meeting after absence
- college reunionPeriodic graduate gathering
reunion, reunions, reunification, reunified, reunifies, reunifying