frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

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recrimination
n. counter-accusation, countercharge, retaliation,
counter-attack, blaming, aspersion, reprisal: Recriminations
for real and imagined ills were continually exchanged throughout
their marriage.
recruit v. 1 draft, induct, enlist, enrol, muster, raise, call up,
conscript, mobilize, impress, levy: Owing to the nefarious
enemy attack, there was little time to recruit men for a strong
fighting force.
--n. 2 conscript, trainee, beginner, apprentice, initiate,
novice, neophyte, tiro or tyro, US draftee, enlistee, Colloq
greenhorn, rookie: The new recruits have to be issued with
their uniforms and other gear.
rectify v. correct, revise, redress, put or set right, cure, repair,
remedy, improve, emend, fix, adjust, square, ameliorate: What
do you intend to do to rectify the damage you have done?
rectitude n. propriety, correctness, morality, uprightness, probity,
virtue, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, incorruptibility,
righteousness, principle, good character, respectability,
unimpeachability: Fred's unquestioned moral rectitude makes him
an outstanding candidate for membership.
recumbent adj. reclining, lying down, flat on one's back, horizontal,
lying, reposing, accumbent, decumbent, supine, stretched out;
leaning (back): Oscar resumed his recumbent posture, sprawled
out on the cushions.
recuperate
v. improve, recover, convalesce, get better, rally, revive,
mend, heal, get back on one's feet, regain one's health, pull
through, survive, take a turn for the better: Paul went to
Ibiza to recuperate from his illness.
recur v. return, happen or occur again, reoccur, repeat, come (back)
again, reappear: The condition recurred after a year, and he
was obliged to have another operation.