Rebroken

Rebroken is a compound English term formed from the prefix re- and the past participle broken. It is used to describe something that has been broken again after an initial repair or recovery. In general usage, the word indicates a recurrence of failure or damage, rather than a one-time break.

In engineering and maintenance, rebroken is used to describe components that fail again after repair due to underlying fatigue, design flaws, or improper restoration. Maintenance records might note a part as “rebroken” to signal a need for redesign or replacement rather than repeated repair.

In software development, professionals sometimes use rebroken informally to refer to a regression where a previously fixed defect reappears after code changes, or to describe a feature that is again broken after a fix.

In everyday language, people sometimes speak of “the rebroken relationship” to refer to trust or emotional damage that recurs after an attempt to mend it. The exact meaning is context-dependent.

There is no singular, widely recognized entity or definition named Rebroken in major reference works. It may also appear as a brand name, title, or username. When encountered, distinguishing context is necessary to determine whether it denotes a technical concept, a work of art or media, or a proper noun.

See also: broken, repair, restoration, regression, fatigue.