| reincarnate | (adjective) having a new body | - |
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| (verb) cause to appear in a new form | Synonyms: renew |
| (verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: transmigrate |
| reincarnation | (noun) the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions | - |
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| (noun) a second or new birth | Synonyms: rebirth, renascence |
| (noun) embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) | - |
| reincarnationism | (noun) a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body | - |
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| reindeer | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus |
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| reinforce | (verb) make stronger | Synonyms: reenforce |
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| (verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reward |
| reinforced | (adjective) (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness | Synonyms: built |
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| (adjective) given added strength or support | Synonyms: strengthened |
| reinforcement | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reward |
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| (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, support |
| (noun) a device designed to provide additional strength | Synonyms: strengthener |
| (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus |
| (noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reenforcement |
| reinforcer | (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus |
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| reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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| reinstate | (verb) restore to the previous state or rank | - |
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| (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reestablish, restore |
| reinstatement | (noun) the act of restoring someone to a previous position | - |
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| (noun) the condition of being reinstated | - |
| reinsurance | (noun) sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured | - |
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| reinsure | (verb) insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed | - |
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| (verb) insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk | - |
| (verb) provide additional insurance for | - |
| reintegrate | (verb) integrate again | - |
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| reinterpret | (verb) assign a new or different meaning to | - |
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| (verb) interpret from a different viewpoint | Synonyms: re-explain |
| reinterpretation | (noun) a new or different interpretation | - |
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| (noun) a new or different meaning | - |
| reintroduce | (verb) introduce anew | Synonyms: re-introduce |
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| reintroduction | (noun) an act of renewed introduction | - |
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| reinvent | (verb) create anew and make over | - |
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| (verb) bring back into existence | - |
| reinvestment | (noun) a second or subsequent investment in the same thing. | - |
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| reinvigorate | (verb) impart vigor, strength, or vitality to | Synonyms: invigorate |
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| reinvigorated | (adjective) with restored energy | Synonyms: fresh, invigorated, refreshed |
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| reissue | (noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale | Synonyms: reprint, reprinting |
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| (verb) print anew | Synonyms: reprint |
| (verb) issue (a new version of) | - |
| reiterate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, repeat, restate, retell |
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| reiteration | (noun) the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: reduplication |
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| reiterative | (adjective) marked by iteration | Synonyms: iterative |
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| reject | (noun) the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality | Synonyms: cull |
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| (verb) not accept something given or offered | - |
| (verb) dismiss from consideration or a contest | Synonyms: eliminate, rule out, winnow out |
| (verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: disapprove |
| (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, refuse, turn down |
| (verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: refuse, turn away, turn down |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: refuse, resist |
| rejected | (adjective) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | Synonyms: jilted, spurned |
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| rejection | (noun) the act of rejecting something | - |
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| (noun) the speech act of rejecting | - |
| (noun) (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign | - |
| (noun) the state of being rejected | - |
| rejective | (adjective) rejecting or tending to reject | - |
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| rejig | (verb) re-equip a factory or plant | Synonyms: re-equip |
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| rejoice | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exuberate, exult, jubilate, triumph |
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| (verb) feel happiness or joy | Synonyms: joy |
| (verb) be ecstatic with joy | Synonyms: triumph, wallow |
| rejoicing | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, triumphal, triumphant |
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| (noun) the utterance of sounds expressing great joy | Synonyms: exultation, jubilation |
| (noun) a feeling of great happiness | - |
| rejoin | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, repay, retort, return, riposte |
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| (verb) join again | - |
| rejoinder | (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, counter, replication, retort, return, riposte |
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| (noun) (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication | - |
| rejuvenate | (verb) become young again | - |
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| (verb) make younger or more youthful | - |
| (verb) develop youthful topographical features | - |
| (verb) get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate | Synonyms: regenerate, restore |
| (verb) cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land | - |
| rejuvenation | (noun) the act of restoring to a more youthful condition | - |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored | Synonyms: greening |
| rejuvenescence | (noun) A renewal of youthful characteristics or vitality. | - |
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| rekindle | (verb) arouse again | - |
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| (verb) kindle anew, as of a fire | - |
| relace | (verb) lace again | - |
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| relapse | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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| (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress |
| (verb) deteriorate in health | Synonyms: get worse |
| relapsing | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, reversion, reverting |
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| relatable | (adjective) having a manner or nature that is easy to relate to | - |
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| relate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, tie in |
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| (verb) give an account of; narrate | - |
| (verb) have or establish a relationship to | - |
| (verb) be relevant to | Synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, touch, touch on |
| (verb) be in a relationship with | Synonyms: interrelate |
| related | (adjective) connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage | - |
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| (adjective) being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics | Synonyms: related to |
| relatedness | (noun) a particular manner of connectedness | - |
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| relation | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together | - |
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| (noun) (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | - |
| (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
| (noun) (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | Synonyms: relation back |
| (noun) an act of narration | Synonyms: recounting, telling |
| (noun) a person related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: relative |
| relational | (adjective) having a relation or being related | - |
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| relations | (noun) mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups | Synonyms: dealings |
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| relationship | (noun) a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) | Synonyms: human relationship |
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| (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, kinship |
| (noun) a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) | - |
| (noun) a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries | - |
| relative | (adjective) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | Synonyms: comparative |
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| (adjective) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' | Synonyms: proportional |
| (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congener, congeneric |
| (noun) a person related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: relation |
| relatively | (adverb) in a relative manner; by comparison to something else | Synonyms: comparatively |
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| relativisation | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativization |
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| relativise | (verb) consider or treat as relative | Synonyms: relativize |
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| relativism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved | - |
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| relativistic | (adjective) relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism | - |
| relativistically | (adverb) by the theory of relativity | - |
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| relativity | (noun) the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts | Synonyms: Einstein's theory of relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity |
| relativization | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativisation |
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| relativize | (verb) consider or treat as relative | Synonyms: relativise |
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| relatum | (noun) a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition | - |
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| relax | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind |
| (verb) make less taut | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, loosen |
| (verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: slack, slack up, slacken |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner | Synonyms: loosen up |
| relaxant | (adjective) tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension | - |
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| (noun) a drug that relaxes and relieves tension | - |
| relaxation | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, repose, rest |
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| (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalisation, liberalization |
| (noun) a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount | Synonyms: relaxation method |
| (noun) an occurrence of control or strength weakening | Synonyms: loosening, slackening |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: easiness |
| (noun) (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance | Synonyms: relaxation behavior |
| (noun) (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers | - |
| relaxed | (adjective) without strain or anxiety | - |
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| relaxedness | (noun) The quality of being eased or loosened, or of having an easy-going mood or temperament. | - |
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| relaxer | (noun) any agent that produces relaxation | - |
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| relaxin | (noun) hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor | - |
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| relaxing | (adjective) affording physical or mental rest | Synonyms: reposeful, restful |
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| relay | (noun) the act of passing something along from one person or group to another | - |
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| (noun) electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit | Synonyms: electrical relay |
| (noun) a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance | Synonyms: relay race |
| (noun) a crew of workers who relieve another crew | - |
| (noun) a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals | - |
| (verb) pass along | - |
| (verb) control or operate by relay | - |
| relearn | (verb) learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it | - |
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| release | (noun) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion | Synonyms: outlet, vent |
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| (noun) the act of liberating someone or something | Synonyms: freeing, liberation |
| (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking |
| (noun) the act of allowing a fluid to escape | Synonyms: spill, spillage |
| (noun) a formal written statement of relinquishment | Synonyms: discharge, waiver |
| (noun) (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone | Synonyms: tone ending |
| (noun) merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) | - |
| (noun) a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism | Synonyms: button |
| (noun) an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | Synonyms: handout, press release |
| (noun) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | Synonyms: acquittance |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing |
| (noun) a process that liberates or discharges something | - |
| (verb) generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids | Synonyms: secrete |
| (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel |
| (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: free, unblock, unfreeze |
| (verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, issue, publish, put out |
| (verb) release, as from one's grip | Synonyms: let go, let go of, relinquish |
| (verb) let (something) fall or spill from a container | Synonyms: turn |
| (verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | Synonyms: free, liberate |
| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, relinquish, resign |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen |
| (verb) make (information) available for publication | Synonyms: free |
| releasing | (adjective) emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | Synonyms: cathartic |
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| relegate | (verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: classify |
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| (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | Synonyms: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs |
| (verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: banish, bar |
| (verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment | Synonyms: pass on, submit |
| relegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegation |
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| relegation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating |
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| (noun) mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position | - |
| (noun) the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category | - |
| relent | (verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: soften, yield |
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| relentless | (adjective) never-ceasing | Synonyms: persistent, unrelenting |
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| (adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | Synonyms: grim, inexorable, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
| relentlessly | (adverb) in a relentless manner | Synonyms: unrelentingly |
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| relentlessness | (noun) mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up | Synonyms: inexorability, inexorableness |
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| relevance | (noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: relevancy |
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| relevancy | (noun) the relation of something to the matter at hand | Synonyms: relevance |
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| relevant | (adjective) having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue | - |
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| relevantly | (adverb) with relevance | - |
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| reliability | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, dependableness, reliableness |
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| reliable | (adjective) worthy of reliance or trust | Synonyms: dependable |
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| (adjective) conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief | Synonyms: authentic |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, honest, true |
| reliableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, dependableness, reliability |
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| reliably | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, faithfully |
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| reliance | (noun) certainty based on past experience | Synonyms: trust |
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| (noun) the state of relying on something | - |
| reliant | (adjective) relying on another for support | - |
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| relic | (noun) an antiquity that has survived from the distant past | - |
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| (noun) something of sentimental value | Synonyms: keepsake, souvenir, token |
| relict | (noun) geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared | - |
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| (noun) an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated | - |
| relief | (noun) aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped | - |
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| (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, easing |
| (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, succor, succour |
| (noun) the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged | - |
| (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: embossment, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief |
| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, moderation |
| (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: alleviation, assuagement |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) (law) redress awarded by a court | - |
| (noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: ease |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: respite, rest, rest period |
| relieve | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, palliate |
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| (verb) provide relief for | Synonyms: remedy |
| (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: lighten |
| (verb) relieve oneself of troubling information | Synonyms: unbosom |
| (verb) grant exemption or release to | Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: allay, ease, still |
| (verb) take by stealing | - |
| (verb) free from a burden, evil, or distress | - |
| (verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: salvage, salve, save |
| (verb) free someone temporarily from his or her obligations | Synonyms: take over |
| (verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | Synonyms: exempt, free |
| relieved | (adjective) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviated, eased |
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| (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking out |
| reliever | (noun) a pitcher who does not start the game | Synonyms: fireman, relief pitcher |
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| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, comforter |
| relievo | (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: embossment, relief, rilievo, sculptural relief |
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| religion | (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: faith, religious belief |
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| (noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: faith, organized religion |
| religionism | (noun) exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal | Synonyms: pietism, religiosity, religiousism |
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| (noun) exaggerated religious zealotry | - |
| religionist | (noun) a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot | - |
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