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- - record-breaking
  - recorded delivery
  - recorder
  - recording angel
  - recordist
  - recork
  - recount
  - recoup
  - recourse
  - recover
  - recovery
  - recovery position
  - recreant
  - recreate
  - recreation
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  - recrimination
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
recovery/rɪˈkʌvəri/

▶noun (pl. recoveries)

1 an act or the process of recovering.
■ the action of taking a vehicle that has broken down or crashed for repair.

2 (also recovery shot) Golf a stroke bringing the ball out of the rough or a bunker.

3 (in rowing, swimming, etc.) the action of returning the paddle, leg, or arm to its initial position for a new stroke.

'recovery' also found in these Oxford entries:

crisis - dead cat bounce - fightback - information retrieval - near-death experience - personal action - Petition of Right - rally - rebound - recovery position - semi-prone position - status epilepticus - twelve-step - wrecker

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