noun. The act of readjusting, or the state of being readjusted.

noun. Specifically, in United States politics, the political schemes of the Readjusters.

noun. A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

noun. a second, or subsequent adjustment

noun. the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)

noun. the act of adjusting something to match a standard

"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."

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