Convalesce and Decline

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Convalesce verb - To become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness.

Usage example: the long months that the soldier spent in the hospital slowly convalescing

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Decline is an antonym for convalesce.

Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

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Convalesce is an antonym for decline.

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Decline and Convalesce. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/convalesce/decline

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