different between recoup vs regeneration

English

Etymology

French récupérer

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???ku?p/

Verb

recoup (third-person singular simple present recoups, present participle recouping, simple past and past participle recouped)

1. To make back, as an investment.
2. To recover from an error.
3. (law) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.

   A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.

4. (transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.
   • 1856-1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada

     Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.

   • 1887, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it was and as it is

     Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.

Derived terms

• recoupable
• recoupment

Translations

Anagrams

• croupe, upcore

English

Etymology

re- +? generation

Noun

regeneration (countable and uncountable, plural regenerations)

1. rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal.

   The conversion of so many old industrial buildings into living quarters was a major factor in the regeneration.

2. (theology) spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one
3. (Christianity) The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.
4. The process by which a water softener flushes out minerals extracted from the water supply.
5. (role-playing games, fantasy) The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.
   • 1995, David Zeb Cook, Jean Rabe, Warren Spector, Dungeon master guide for the AD&D game (page 202)

     The standard ring of regeneration restores one point of damage per turn (and will eventually replace lost limbs or organs).

   • 2003, Bastion Press, E. W. Morton, Out for Blood

     Regeneration does not restore hit points lost from starvation, thirst, or suffocation.

Synonyms

• rebirth
• regen (abbreviation)

Related terms

• regenerate

Translations

Further reading

• regeneration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• generationer