reinstitute
verb
re·in·sti·tute
(ˌ)rē-ˈin(t)-stə-ˌtüt
-ˌtyüt
reinstituted; reinstituting
: to institute (something) again
… in 1976, the year the Supreme Court reinstituted capital punishment.—John Cloud
President Carter reinstituted draft registration in 1980 after a seven-year hiatus.—Stephen Wermiel
reinstitution
(ˌ)rē-ˌin(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən
noun
-ˈtyü-
Though Hagel stopped short of calling for a reinstitution of the draft, he did talk about the inequities of the current system, in which so many of America's soldiers are poor kids trying to move up a rung on the ladder of employment.
—Anna Quindlen
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