recuperation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gradual restoration to health.
  2. Instance of getting something back.
  3. Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

recuperation recuperations

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.

Antonyms

Related words

recuperate recovery and reconstitution

Derived words

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