mending

the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength it was a long slow mending of his injuries from the car crash, but he's fine now Synonyms comeback, healing, convalescence, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehab, rehabilitation, snapbackRelated Words resuscitation, revival; survivalNear Antonyms decline, degeneration, deterioration, fading, failing, languishing, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering, worsening; regression, relapse