recapacitationn.
/ˌriːkəpasᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrikəˌpæsəˈteɪʃən/ 1. Restoration or recovery of a previous status, power, or capacity.
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society > law > legal right > resumption or restoration of rights > [noun] > restoring to a legal status
rehabilitation1483
rehability1577
reponing1599
recapacitation1793
1793 tr. Authentic Copy New Constit. France 7 By condemnation to punishments infamous or afflictive, till recapacitation [Fr. réhabilitation].
1855 H. Barclay Digest Law Scotl. (ed. 2) 892 Rehabilitation (or Recapacitation), the act of restoration to power or capacity, such as an outlaw reponed.
1966 Jrnl. Mod. Afr. Stud. 4 545 (table) Incapacitation and recapacitation.
1989 M. A. Newman tr. X. Rubert de Ventós Hispanic Labyrinth 90 In France this slow commercial recapacitation and democratic channeling of the conflict is blocked by mercantilistic controls.
2. Biology. Restoration or recovery of a spermatozoon's fertilizing ability. Cf. capacitation n. b. rare.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [noun] > capacitation
capacitation1951
recapacitation1970
1970 Nature 11 July 182/2 We cannot say whether recapacitation represents the recovery of activity by decapacitated spermatozoa, or the activation of sperm not capacitated in the first place.
1982 Biol. of Reprod. 27 1076 The antifertility activity of AF-1 is reversed after recapacitation of the AF-1 treated spermatozoa.
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