afresh
adv.starting something again from the very beginning. You use this when you want to forget the past and begin a new process.
adv.starting again from the beginning; anew. Often used to describe a process that is being restarted with a clean slate or without previous bias.
“We need to look at the problem afresh.”
“After the failed merger, the company decided to approach the project afresh with a new team.”
“The committee agreed to review the evidence afresh, ensuring that no prior assumptions influenced the final verdict of the inquiry.”
“The state government agreed to scrap three exams , which will be held afresh.”
From Middle English a-fresche, equivalent to a- + fresh. Compare Old English afersċean (“to freshen; become fresh”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.