relitigate
verb
relitigate is a verb meaning “To litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-L-I-T-I-G-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does relitigate mean?
verb
- 1
To litigate again; to sue or pursue legal remedy a second or further time.
- 2
To dispute, debate, contest again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of relitigate
- relitigates present, singular, he/she/it
- relitigating participle, present
- relitigated participle, past
- re-litigate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is relitigate?
Relitigate appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does relitigate come from?
From re- + litigate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).