redintegration

Re*din`te*gra"tion (-gr"shn), n. Etym: [L. redintegratio.] 1. Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More. 2. (Chem.) Defn: Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] Coxe. 3. (Psychology) Defn: The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.

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