RECUPERATION
convalescence, recuperation, recovery
(noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)
Gradual restoration to health; convalescence.
Instance of getting something back.
(sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
Antonyms
• (process in sociology): detournement
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cu`per*a"tion (-`shn), n.. Etym: [L. recuperatio: cf. F. récup.]
Definition: Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or
strength.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition