récupération

Definitions of récupération
  1. noun
    (American football) the act of catching a pass in football
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    type of:
    attrapage, prise
    the act of catching an object with the hands
  2. noun
    the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
    synonyms: recouvrement
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    délivrance, libération, secours
    recovery or preservation from loss or danger
    reprise
    the act of taking something back
    rédemption, salut
    (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    sauvetage
    the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
    type of:
    acte, action
    something that people do or cause to happen
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