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recuperation

noun C2
  1. Gradual restoration to health. (uncountable)
  2. Instance of getting something back. (uncountable)
  3. Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society. (uncountable)

Plural recuperations

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He sought to tread water, in order to rest himself; but the sea was too violent, and he felt that he could not make use of this means of recuperation.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 223 · C1

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