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  1. 1. n. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. return to an original state Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession. 2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc. 3. (Law) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court. 4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. [Obs.] "Help be past recovery." Tusser. 5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren. Source: webster
  10. 10. The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by averdict and judgment of court. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:100 n. return to an original state n. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) Source: ecdict

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