1. The act or an instance of publishing again or anew.
2. Wills & estates. Reestablishment of the validity of a previously revoked will by repeating the formalities of execution or by using a codicil. • The result is to make the old will effective from the date of republication. — Also termed revalidation. Cf. REVIVAL(2). [Cases: Wills 196–202. C.J.S. Wills §§ 429–440.]
3. Defamation. The act or an instance of repeating or spreading more widely a defamatory statement. — republish, vb.