Meaning & use
Reliving
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Experiencing something again in one's mind, memory, or imagination.
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He spent the reunion reliving old college adventures with his roommates.
The documentary has veterans reliving the day the war ended.
A note on using this word
Reliving pairs the prefix "re-" (again) with "living," and is almost always used for emotionally vivid memories rather than routine ones.
Words with a similar meaning
recallingreexperiencing
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Words with an opposite meaning
forgetting
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