Convalescence (8)
I believe the answer is:
recovery
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">convalescence</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that recovery is a type of convalescence)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for recovery that I've seen before include "Retrieval or recuperation" , "Act of getting better" , "Improvement" , "A return to original state, health say" , "Salvage" .)