rewording

English

Verb

rewording

  1. present participle and gerund of reword

Noun

rewording (plural rewordings)

  1. The act or process of creating a changed wording.
    Hyponym: wordsmithing
    Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting
    • 1981 February 7, Roger Moody, “London's PIE Trial Opens”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 3:
      The first day's proceedings […] were taken up with a rewording of the indictment, to the satisfaction of attorneys for the prosecution and defense. The case will now be heard under criminal, not common, law.
  2. A changed wording thus produced.
    Hyponym: wordsmithing
    Near-synonyms: rephrasing; rewriting
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