recuperation

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
recuperate /rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/

▶verb

• 1 recover from illness or exertion.

• 2 regain (something lost).

– derivatives
recuperable adjective,
recuperation noun,
recuperative adjective,
recuperator noun.

– origin C16 (earlier (C15) as recuperation): from L. recuperat-, recuperare ‘regain’, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.