retry (re¦try)

verb (retries, retrying, retried)

• 1 [with object] Law try (a defendant or case) again.

• 2 [no object] Computing re-enter a command, especially because an error was made the first time: please retry with a valid module name
• (of a system) transmit data again because the first attempt was unsuccessful: you instruct DOS to retry persistently to print if the printer is busy and won’t accept fresh data

noun

• an instance of re-entering a command or retransmitting data: the need for retries slows things down