What is the Latin word for recovery?

The usual Latin words for “recovery” are restitūtiō, recreātiō, salūs; also lībertās, Valerius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“recovery” in Latin

restitūtiōreinstatement, rebuilding, restoration recreātiōrestoration, recovery salūssafety; security; health, well-being, welfare; salvation, deliverance lībertāsliberty, freedom; civil liberty; political liberty, independence ValeriusName of a patrician Roman gens.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

recovery

recuperalio; or by circumlocution with the verbs: restitutio (restitution, restoration; e.g., libertatis, Valerius, Max.; pristinae fortunae, Suet.). (Of health), refeotio, recreatio (a recovering): sanitas restituta; valetudo confirmata; salus; sanitas aegri. To endeavor to effect the recovery of a sick person, petere sanitatem aegri: to have no hope of a person’s recovery, aliquem or alicujus salutem desperare (cf., Cic., N.D., 3, 38, 91): all the physicians doubt his recovery, omnes medici diffidunt; a medicis desertus est: he had no great hopes of recovery, exigua cum spe trahebat animam: there appears to be hope of recovery, spes ostenditur sanitatis: to promise a speedy recovery to anybody, dicere alicui ut perbrevi convalescat: ☞ convalescentia is unclassical.

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What is the Latin word for recovery?: The usual Latin words for “recovery” are restitūtiō, recreātiō, salūs; also lībertās, Valerius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.