Retrouvailles

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Etymology

French, a plural noun from the verb "retrouver" ("to find again, to meet again"). Literally "refindings," it names the reunion and its accompanying gladness together. It is the emotional counterpart to the sorrow of parting.

  1. noun · /ruh-troo-VYE/

    The joy of reuniting with someone after a long time apart.

    What it names

    That flood of happiness in the first moments of seeing a loved one again after a long separation.

    Example

    After a year on opposite coasts, our retrouvailles at the airport left us both in tears.

    Related idea

    If reunion names the event neutrally, retrouvailles names the feeling the event produces.

See also

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