Meaning of reearn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To earn back something one has lost.
2. To repeat the process of earning; to renew one's status as deserving.

Examples

“The pattern was first to isolate the child physically and emotionally when he experienced parental disapproval; second, to allow the child to reearn parental love by insisting that he comply unconditionally to the parents' will.”

“Well done! You have reearnt my respect!”

“Carl commented on the need he and Ginny had to reearn one another's trust through a series of successes.”

“When they paused to rest the wind immediately drove them backward, and they had to reearn the distance.”

“One consequence is the need for those in positions of authority to recognize the necessity to earn, reearn, and reearn the trust of their constituency.”

“Few, if any, companies will have to reearn a certificate from scratch.”

“Third, this example demonstrates that earning activism at one time is insufficient for sustaining progressive social change against the forces of rhetorical decay; progressives, that is, must not merely earn activism but also continually reearn it.”

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