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Renditionnounthe act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renegade StatenounMWEa state that does not respect other states in its international actionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renew a certificatenounMWEThe act or process of extending the validity of the data binding asserted by a public key certificate by issuing a new certificate.CredentialMay 9, 2026
Renewable ResourcenounMWEany natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renewalnounthe conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reniform LeafnounMWEa simple kidney-shaped leafverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reninnouna proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rennetnouna substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junketverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renninnounan enzyme that occurs in gastric juiceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renouncementnounan act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disownedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renovationnounthe state of being restored to its former good conditionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renovatornouna skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furnitureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renownnounthe state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rensselaeritenouna kind of soft talcverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rent CollectornounMWEa person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the ownerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rent-A-Carnouna rented carverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rent-Rebatenouna rebate on rent given by a local government authorityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rent-Rollnouna register of rentsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rental CollectionnounMWEa collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily feeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rental IncomenounMWEincome received from rental propertiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rentenounincome from capital investment paid in a series of regular paymentsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Renternounsomeone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone elseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rentiernounsomeone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investmentsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rentingnounthe act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Renunciationnounthe state of having rejected your religious beliefs, your political party, or a cause, often in favor of opposing beliefs or causesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reorderingnouna rearrangement in a different orderverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reorganisationnounthe imposition of a new organizationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reorganizationnounan extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reorientationnounthe act of changing the direction in which something is orientedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reovirusnounany of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repnouna fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribsverifiedMay 18, 2026
repairnounRestore something damaged, faulty, or worn to a good condition.ProcessMay 9, 2026
Repair ActionnounMWENSA-approved change to a COMSEC end-item that does not affect the original characteristics of the end-item and is provided for optional application by holders. Repair actions are limited to minor electrical and/or mechanical improvements to enhance operation, maintenance, or reliability. They do not require an identification label, marking, or control but must be fully documented by changes to the maintenance manual.ControlRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Repair ShopnounMWEa shop specializing in repairs and maintenanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repairernouna skilled worker who mends or repairs thingsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repairmannouna skilled worker whose job is to repair thingsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reparationnoun(usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reparteenounadroitness and cleverness in replyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repastnounthe food served and eaten at one timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repatriationnounthe act of returning to the country of originverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repaymentnounthe act of returning money received previouslyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repayment RatenounMWEthe amount of money paid out per unit timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
RepeatersnounA physical layer device that regenerates and propagates electrical signals between two network segments Scope Note: Repeaters receive signals from one network segment and amplify (regenerate) the signal to compensate for signals (analog or digital) distorted by transmission loss due to reduction of signal strength during transmission (i.e., attenuation)NetworkMay 9, 2026
Repeatingnounthe act of doing or performing againverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repeating DecimalnounMWEa decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitelyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repeating FirearmnounMWEa firearm that can fire several rounds without reloadingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repechagenouna race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final raceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repentancenounremorse for your past conductverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repercussionnouna remote or indirect consequence of some actionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repertoirenouna collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular scheduleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repertorynouna collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular scheduleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repertory CompanynounMWEa theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoireverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repetitionnounthe repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical deviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repetitiousnessnounverboseness resulting from excessive repetitionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repetitivenessnounverboseness resulting from excessive repetitionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rephrasingnounchanging a particular word or phraseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Replaceabilitynounexchangeability by virtue of being replaceableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Replacementnounthe act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Replacement CostnounMWEcurrent cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectivenessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Replacingnounthe act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
ReplaynounThe ability to copy a message or stream of messages between two parties and replay (retransmit) them to one or more of the partiesThreatMay 12, 2026
Replay attacknounMWEThe interception of communications, such as an authentication communication, and subsequently impersonation of the sender by retransmitting the intercepted communication.ThreatMay 9, 2026
Replenishmentnounfilling again by supplying what has been used upverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repletionnounthe state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on moreverifiedMay 18, 2026
Replicanouncopy that is not the originalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Replicationnounthe repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusionverifiedMay 18, 2026
reportnounTo give a spoken or written account of something that has been seen, done etc.ArtifactMay 9, 2026
Report CardnounMWEa written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Report of ExaminationnounMWEThe report prepared by the Board, or other federal or state financial institution supervisory agency, concerning the examination of a financial institution, and includes reports of inspection and reports of examination of U.S. branches or agencies of foreign banks and representative offices of foreign organizations, and other institutions examined by the Federal Reserve System.ArtifactRegulatedMay 9, 2026
reportable cyber incidentnounMWEA Cyber Security Incident that has compromised or disrupted one or more reliability tasks of a functional entity.EventRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Reportagenounthe news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or televisionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reporternouna person who investigates and reports or edits news storiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
reportingnounThe action of providing an account of something.ProcessMay 9, 2026
reporting requirementnounMWESet by the organization, this requires third parties to provide certain update and other status reports, such as work status, Service Level Agreement status, etc.RequirementRegulatedMay 9, 2026
Reporting WeightnounMWEa person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Repositingnoundepositing in a warehouseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repositioningnounthe act of placing in a new positionverifiedMay 18, 2026
RepositorynounA database containing information and data relating to certificates as specified in a CP; may also be referred to as a directory.DataMay 12, 2026
Repossessionnounthe action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Reppnouna fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reprehensibilitynounbeing reprehensibleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reprehensionnounan act or expression of criticism and censureverifiedMay 18, 2026
representationnounA description or portrayal of someone or something.DataMay 12, 2026
Representational ProcessnounMWEany basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something elseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Representative SamplenounMWEthe population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Representative SamplingnounMWEthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repressernounan agent that repressesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repressionnoun(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming consciousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repressornounan agent that repressesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Repressor GenenounMWEgene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reprintingnouna publication, such as a book, that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for saleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reprisalnouna retaliatory action against an enemy in wartimeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reproachernounsomeone who finds fault or imputes blameverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reprobationnounsevere disapprovalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reproducernounan audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce soundverifiedMay 18, 2026
ReproducibilitynounCloseness of the agreement between the results of measurements of the same measurand carried out under changed conditions of measurement.MetricMay 18, 2026
Reproductionnounrecall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recallverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reproduction CostnounMWEcost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Reproductive CellnounMWEa spermatozoon or an ovumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Reproductive CloningnounMWEmaking a full living copy of an organismverifiedMay 18, 2026