Recovery Definition

rĭ-kŭvə-rē
recoveries
noun
recoveries
The act or an instance of recovering.
Webster's New World
A return to a position of guard, readiness, etc., as after a lunge in fencing or a stroke in rowing.
Webster's New World
A return to a normal or healthy condition.
American Heritage Medicine
The act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources.
American Heritage Medicine
A process of attempting to change dysfunctional behavior, as by abstaining from an addictive substance.
An alcoholic in recovery.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
in recovery
  • In the process of participating in a group or program providing treatment and support for a longstanding psychological or behavioral problem, such as abuse, addiction, grief, or trauma.
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Other Word Forms of Recovery

Noun

Singular:
recovery
Plural:
recoveries

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Recovery

  • in recovery

Recovery Sentence Examples

  • We'll know more about her recovery tomorrow.

  • The doctors pronounced recovery impossible.

  • He had certainly shown patience for her recovery after Alexia died – even when she was being unreasonable.

  • No possibility of recovery now remained to the diseased Hebrew state.

  • She had acted in the same way with his elder brother, who had been ill a year or two previously, but on his recovery the boy continued to be educated as a Jew.

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Words Starting With

RREREC

Words Ending With

YRYERY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

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