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retying

retying

English

Verb

retying

present participle of retie

Noun

retying ‎(plural retyings)

The act of tying something again.
- Mark Twain
  I found that a new oath holds pretty well; but that when it is become old and frayed out and damaged by a dozen annual retyings of its remains, it ceases to be serviceable; any little strain will snap it.