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No. If the testimony you are about to give could incriminate you personally, then you can plead your Fifth Amendment rights. But once you waive the priviledge, without mitigating circumstances (you were not in your right mind, coersion, etc.) you can not decide to accept the priviledge again.

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Q: Can you reassert you spousal privilege after waiving it?
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