Noun: rewording ,ree'wur-ding
- Changing a particular word or phrase
"The lawyer suggested a rewording of the clause to avoid ambiguity";
- recasting, rephrasing
- Express the same message in different words
"They must reword and rewrite the sentence";
- paraphrase, rephrase
Derived forms: rewordings
Type of: ingeminate [archaic], iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, revising, rewriting
Encyclopedia: Rewording