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リセットする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for restoring a device, system, or setting to its original state, or for clearing data and starting over.

fresh start; new beginning

Figurative use for restarting one's life, career, or situation, often in phrases like 人生のリセット.

〈物もの〉をリセットするto reset a device or setting
パソコンの設せっ定ていをリセットした。
I reset the computer's settings.
〈事こと〉をリセットするto wipe the slate clean on something (a situation, relationship, etc.)
彼かれとの関かん係けいをリセットしたい。
I want to start fresh in my relationship with him.
リセットボタンを押おすto press the reset button
フリーズしたのでリセットボタンを押おした。
It froze, so I pressed the reset button.
人じん生せいをリセットするto start one's life over
田舎いなかに引ひっ越こして人じん生せいをリセットするつもりだ。
I plan to move to the countryside and start my life over.

初しょ期き化か sense 1
初期化 is the more technical term for factory-resetting or formatting a device, while リセット is the everyday word for returning something to its original state.
一いっ新しんN1sense 2
一新 is a more literary word for completely renewing or overhauling something, while リセット (in its figurative sense) casually describes starting one's life or situation over.
再さい起き動どうN2sense 1
再起動 means simply restarting a system or device, whereas リセット implies clearing settings or data back to an initial state.

セットN3
リセット means to reset something back to its original state, whereas セット means to set or arrange something for the first time, so the two are easy to mix up because of their similar sound.

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Borrowed from English 'reset'. The figurative sense 'fresh start' is a Japanese extension of the original meaning.