Synonyms of the word

convalescence

• n. A gradual healing after illness or injury.
• n. The period of time spent healing.

healing

• n. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
• n. An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
• n. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
• v. present participle of heal.

recovery

• n. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
• n. A return to normal health.
• n. A return to former status or position.
• n. (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
• n. (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore.

recuperation

• n. Gradual restoration to health; convalescence.
• n. Instance of getting something back.
• n. (sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.