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n. The act, process, duration, or an instance of recovering.

n. A return to a normal condition.

n. Something gained or restored in recovering.

n. The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources.

n. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.

n. A return to normal health.

n. A return to former status.

n. Renewed growth after a slump (economy).

n. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

n. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.

n. The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.

n. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.

n. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.

n. Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.

n. Act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack.

n. The act or power of recovering, regaining, retaking, conquering again, or obtaining renewed possession: as, to offer a reward for the recovery of stolen goods.

n. Restoration from a bad to a good condition; especially, restoration from sickness, faintness, or the like; also, restoration from low condition or misfortune.

n. Attainment; reaching.

n. In law, the obtaining of right to something by a verdict or judgment of court from an opposing party in a suit: as, the recovery of debt, damages, and costs by a plaintiff; the recovery of costs by a defendant; the recovery of land in ejectment. Compare fine, n., 3.

n. In fencing, the return of the fencer to his original position “on guard” after extending himself in the lunge (which see).

n. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

n. return to an original state

n. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

"One of the tricks I picked up in recovery is that my head can be a very dangerous neighborhood, I know better than to go there alone and unarmed."

betterment    improvement    advance   

revival    retrieval    correction    reclamation    abolition of fines and recoveries act    spheroidal recovery    common   

recover   

recovery position    recovery CD   

restoration    revival   

discovery    rediscovery   

maintenance    rescue    management    transfer    development    restoration    acquisition    protection    expansion    improvement