What does resecure mean?
Resecure is a verb meaning to make safe or secure again. It is especially appropriate when something has been left exposed, weakened, disrupted, or otherwise deprived of protection: a damaged boundary might be resecured, damaged supports might be resecured, or a disrupted agreement might be resecured by renewed negotiations. The prefix re- indicates repetition rather than a wholly new action, distinguishing the word from secure, which can describe the initial act of making something safe. Resecure is less common than secure and tends to appear in formal, technical, legal, or security-related writing. Its connotations are strongly protective and restorative. It implies that safety existed before and that the current task is to restore it after a failure, interruption, or change.
verbTo secure again or restore something to a safe or protected condition.
- To make safe or secure again.
- To restore a person, place, system, or arrangement to a state of safety, stability, or protection.
"After the storm, crews worked overnight to resecure the damaged roofs."
"Engineers resecured the cable after the inspection revealed that its supports had loosened."
"The treaty was designed to resecure peace among the rival factions."
Resecure puts the clock back on safety: it is the word for making something protected again after danger has disrupted it.
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
Where does resecure come from?
Resecure was formed in English by combining the prefix re-, meaning “again,” with secure. Secure itself comes through Old French from Latin securus, a word associated with being free from danger or care. The same Latin foundation also underlies security, insecure, and insecurity.
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How resecure is actually used
Relatively uncommon and more typical of formal, technical, or security-related contexts than of everyday speech. It is often used when an earlier state of safety or stability must be restored.
Easily confused with resecure
Secure means to make or keep safe, whereas resecure specifically means to make safe again after it has been exposed, lost, or weakened.