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[kon'-vah-LES-ahns] 
1. gradual healing and recovery of strength after sickness or injury: "In the last few days, my shock and scattered thoughts have begun to give way to an emotional convalescence."
2. the time needed for returning to health after sickness or injury: "Everyone wondered why Jim needed two days off to heal the paper cut on his thumb, but he knew that his convalescence would be drawn out unnecessarily if he had to type with that gash."
noun and adjective form: convalescent
Origin:
Approximately 1489; from Middle French; from Late Latin, 'convalescentia': regaining of health; from Latin, 'convalescentem' (nominative 'convalescens'), present participle of 'convalescere': convalesce. In Action:
"The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!"
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). German philosopher, classical scholar, culture critic.
"I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Anglo-Irish playwright, critic.
"It was a lovely morning: the bright, cheerful houses with their little gardens, the sight of the red-faced, red-armed beer-drinking German waitresses, working away merrily, did the heart good. But the nearer they got to the springs the oftener they met sick people; and their appearance seemed more pitiable than ever among the everyday conditions of prosperous German life. Kitty was no longer struck by this contrast. The bright sun, the brilliant green of the foliage, the strains of the music were for her the natural setting of all these familiar faces, with their changes to greater emaciation or to convalescence, for which she watched. But to the prince the brightness and gaiety of the June morning, and the sound of the orchestra playing a gay waltz then in fashion and above all, the appearance of the healthy attendants, seemed something unseemly and monstrous, in conjunction with these slowly moving, dying figures gathered together from all parts of Europe. In spite of his feeling of pride and, as it were, of the return of youth, with his favourite daughter on his arm, he felt awkward, and almost ashamed of his vigorous step and his sturdy, stout limbs. He felt almost like a man not dressed in a crowd."
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). Russian novelist and philosopher. "Anna Karenina," (1876).
"For Lawrence, existence was one continuous convalescence; it was as though he were newly reborn from a mortal illness every day of his life. What these convalescent eyes saw, his most casual speech would reveal."
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). British author. On D.H. Lawrence. (1936). | |
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