# respawn

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈspɔːn/ · frequency rank #59,669

## Definitions
1. To spawn again.
2. To reappear at its spawn point.
3. To re-enter play after being killed, often where the game was last saved.
4. In reality shifting and subliminal communities, to permanently leave one's current reality (often through a perceived severance of ties or, controversially, through physical death) to "re-enter" or reincarnate into a "desired reality."

## Etymology
From re- + spawn.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/respawn