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noun
Gradual restoration to health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: convalescence, healing, recovery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Instance of getting something back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: government, human-sciences, politics, sciences, social-science, sociology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: detournement
noun
gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: convalescence, recovery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: healing
Narrower terms: lysis, rally
History
Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
