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再任する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

reappointment; reappointing

Used for appointing someone again to the same position, or being reappointed. Common in business, political, and organizational contexts.

〈人ひと〉を再さい任にんするto reappoint someone (to a post)
委い員いん会かいは会かい長ちょうを再さい任にんした。
The committee reappointed the chairman.
〈人ひと〉が再さい任にんされるfor someone to be reappointed (to a post)
彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうに再さい任にんされた。
He was reappointed as president.
〈人ひと〉の再さい任にんを決きめるto decide on someone's reappointment
株かぶ主ぬし総そう会かいで社しゃ長ちょうの再さい任にんを決きめた。
The shareholders' meeting decided on the president's reappointment.

再さい選せん
再選 specifically means re-election by vote, while 再任 refers to reappointment by decision, not necessarily an election.
留りゅう任にん
留任 emphasizes simply continuing in the same post without interruption, whereas 再任 means being formally reappointed to a post one may have left.

退たい任にん
退任 means stepping down from a post, the opposite of 再任, which means being appointed to it again.
解かい任にん
解任 means being dismissed from a post, whereas 再任 means being kept on through reappointment.

任にん命めいN1
任命 is the initial appointment to a position, while 再任 is specifically appointing someone again to a post they already held.

Compound of 再 (sai, 'again') and 任 (nin, 'appoint, duty'). The reading is on'yomi.