Definition of recovery

• n. - The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
• n. - Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
• n. - The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
• n. - The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.
• n. - In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.