Recuperate (7)
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I believe the answer is:
recover
'recuperate' is the definition.
(I know that recuperate can be written as recover)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for recover that I've seen before include "Get better - get back" , "Get better; retrieve" , "Get well again" , "Rescue" , "get fit again" .)