recaption

noun

re·​cap·​tion

rə̇ˈkapshən

: the act of retaking

specifically : the peaceable retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children from one who has taken and wrongfully detains them

Word History

Etymology

re- + Latin caption-, captio act of taking, seizing

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