the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of readjusting, or the state of being readjusted.
n. Specifically, in United States politics, the political schemes of the Readjusters.
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n. the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
n. the act of adjusting something to match a standard
Word Usage
"Instead of a small, painful economic readjustment from a short-lived boom, the little town's industries are slaughtered as waves of default, unemployment, and credit contraction drown each neighborhood and industrial park."