recovery | |
1. n. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost. | |
2. n. A return to normal health. | |
3. n. A return to former status or position. | |
4. n. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying. | |
5. n. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc. | |
6. n. (economics) Renewed growth after a slump. | |
7. n. (legal) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs. | |
8. n. (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore | |