Recovery
[rɪ'kʌv(ə)rɪ] or [rɪ'kʌvəri]
Definition
(noun.) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).
(noun.) return to an original state; 'the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid'.
Checker: Osbert--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Inputed by Deborah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Regaining, recuperation.[2]. Recruiting, restoration, convalescence.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repossession, regaining, reinstatement, vindication, renovation, restitution,re-establishment, retrieval, rectification, replacement, reanimation,resuscitation, revival, redemption
ANT:Loss, forfeiture, privation, deprival, sacrifice, abandonment, relapse,retrogression, decay, declension, incurableness, ruin
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Examples
- They awaited her perfect recovery in silence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And here was the hope and the perfect recovery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Especially when the critical stage was passed, and he began to feel confident of Fred's recovery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One of my first acts for the recovery even of my own composure, was to bid farewell to the sea. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This guileless confectioner was not by any means sober, and had a black eye in the green stage of recovery, which was painted over. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- One should be a brute not to feel for the distress they are in; and from what I hear, poor Mr. Bertram has a bad chance of ultimate recovery. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You had better have tarried there to fight for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He had lately been my sole friend, and his attention had promoted my recovery. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They were happy days, those of Oliver's recovery. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She did not hope; and therefore she neither endeavoured to read the physician's countenance, nor to watch for symptoms of recovery. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Let it be as thou wilt, said Rebecca, when eight days have passed away; but think not, and speak not now, of aught that may retard thy recovery. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Such facility sickened him--but he told himself that it was with the pang which precedes recovery. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I know that from the beds of those who were past recovery, thanks have often, often gone up, in the last hour, for his patient ministration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Before I decided on my marriage with Idris, I resolved to see him myself again, and to judge of the probability of his recovery. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I want to be assured that you will do nothing to hinder her recovery. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Editor: Olaf