reenlistment

English

Alternative forms

• re-enlistment

Etymology

From re- +‎ enlistment.

Noun

reenlistment (countable and uncountable, plural reenlistments)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being reenlisted
   • 1988 February 14, Elizabeth Pincus, “Army's Anti-Gay Policy Shot Down By Court”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 1:

     Despite consistently high evaluations from supervisors, Watkins was denied reenlistment because he said he was gay.

2. (countable) A second or subsequent enlistment