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RETAKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of taking something back
Synonyms:
recapture; retaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("retaking" is a kind of...):
recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))
Derivation:
retake (take back by force, as after a battle)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb retake