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Recuperation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Gradual restoration to health; convalescence.

n. Instance of getting something back.

n. Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Recovery, as of something lost.

n. Specifically, recovery of strength or health.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"He had never been close to Samuel David and was shocked to learn that the boy had insisted on staying with him during his recuperation from the car wreck."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

healing

Cross Reference

recovery and reconstitution

Hyponym

rally lysis

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Alsatian Americanization Appalachian Balkanization Christianization Confederation Corp. Croatian Dalmatian Desegregation

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

convalescence laryngectomy incubation supervene neuropsychology regeneration journall immobilization remission reaction