recuperation
recuperation Lexical Profile
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• noun
The process of recovering from illness, injury, or physical exhaustion; a return to normal health or strength.
"The doctor recommended several weeks of quiet rest to ensure a full recuperation after the surgery."
The regaining or recovery of something lost or spent, such as money, time, or energy.
"Higher ticket sales during the summer festival allowed for the rapid recuperation of the theater's initial production costs."
In sociology and cultural studies, the process by which radical, subversive, or countercultural ideas are absorbed, commodified, and neutralized by mainstream culture.
"The fashion industry's sale of expensive pre-torn jeans is often cited as a classic example of the recuperation of punk aesthetics."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recuperationem, a noun of action from the verb recuperare ('to get again, regain, recover'), which also gave rise to the English word 'recover' via Old French.