recovery

recovery is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
2. noun. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
3. noun. The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
4. noun. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.
5. noun. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.
6. noun. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

   Synonyms: retrieval

7. noun. return to an original state

   "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid"

8. noun. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

   Synonyms: convalescence, recuperation

Synonyms

retrieval, convalescence, recuperation

Common word forms

recoveries

Words from these letters

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