recovering

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

recovering

adj

Definition of RECOVERING

: being in the process of overcoming a disorder or shortcoming <a recovering alcoholic> <a still-bookish recovering academic with a tendency to live in his head — Jon Spayde>

First Known Use of RECOVERING

1977

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