Today’s “Word of the Day” is convalescence and it is a noun meaning “the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness or injury; recuperation, recovery, return to health, process of getting better, rehabilitation, improvement”.
Example Sentence: Recovery from ill-health and injury is underrated. In the UK, and many other parts of the world, getting back to work as quickly as possible after sickness is what the neoliberal culture tells everyone to do (and workers indeed may have little choice in the matter in the world of the gig economy and zero-hours contracts). There is little societal value placed on convalescence – itself a tellingly old-fashioned word.
This word is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on recovery: an underrated process and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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