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recuperation

noun

  1. recovery from illness
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.

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

    [Raoul Vaneigem] I have nothing in common with the spectacular recuperation of a project that, in my case, has remained revolutionary throughout.