recuperation n : gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury [syn: convalescence, recovery]

English

Noun

1. gradual restoration to health; convalescence (see recuperate)
2. process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society (antonym: detournement)

See also

• recovery and reconstitution

expert-subject Medicine

Recuperation, in common usage, refers to a period of recovery. This has many uses, from medicine, in which sense it refers to the process by which medical patients recover from disease, injury, or mental illness, or finance, where it refers to the financial recovery of an individual or company.

See also

• Physical therapy

comeback, convalescence, rally, ransom, recapture, reclaiming, reclamation, recoup, recoupment, recovery, redemption, regainment, reoccupation, replevin, replevy, repossession, restoration, resumption, retake, retaking, retrieval, retrieve, return, revindication, revival, salvage, trover