recuperation

See also: récupération

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō; synchronically analyzable as recuperate +‎ -ion.

Noun

recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)

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

Antonyms

Translations

See also
  • recovery and reconstitution

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

recuperation f (plural recuperations)

  1. recuperation (instance of getting something back)
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