Refreshment of health or spirits

Usage examples of recreation.

Louis Philippe found a home in England, at first at Claremont, and then in Abingdon House, Kensington, where he lived for some time in apparently tranquil enjoyment, the delightful and salubrious vicinity affording to his family means of retired and pleasurable recreation.

She had never really found a partner that inspired a lot of interest in it for her, but the company required employees to share sexual favors, not necessarily as recreation, but to cut down on emotional stress and she participated often enough to keep her name off of the antisocial list.

There were recreation parks, gymnasiums, baths of various kinds, such as hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, and others.

I think Egyptian picture-writing came easy because I have analyzed so many hundreds of photoplay films, merely for recreation, and the same style of composition is in both.

Bloomtown Community Swimming Pool and Recreation Center, which had just reopened following a polio scare.

Alura Quist to the Commandant, Corps Galactica Repair, Refit and Recreation Base, Cyclops.

He had been told that clients expected telex facilities: a time would come perhaps when clients would expect to find Coca-Cola dispensers and computer games placed in the waiting room for their refreshment and recreation, and it might well be that Chambers would have to bow to their wishes, but he could not help hoping that that day would be deferred to some time beyond his own retirement.

Such recreations are now unclerical in the highest degree, or if not in the highest, they are only one degree less so than hunting.

Divine Office and in long mental prayers, and how all of our recreation, pleasure, and happiness is to serve, love, and give pleasure to the beloved Lord, attempting to imitate his holy virtues, to mortify and villify ourselves, to suffer contempt, hunger, thirst, heat, cold, and other inconveniences for his love.

Four of the Cydonia Base habitat was a wardroom which served jointly as the galley, dining area, conference room, and recreation area.

At Kwajalein, we were taken to one of the little islands for recreation, and as decided, the boats were lifted to the gunwale, the men and dogs loaded, the boats lowered to the water and we were on our way in ten minutes.

They entered Lovers Key State Recreation Area and crossed the bridge at Big Carlos Pass onto Estero Island.

When Weston raised a protest, Cranston reminded him that since the grillroom was used as an office, it could be employed for recreation, too.

Between Data Deck and Environmental was Crew, or Troop Deck, which had, in addition to crew quarters, recreation facilities, and mess, the sick bay and medical laboratory.

It was to translate back into Latin and learn in the recreation hour to recite at supper that evening, a Lenten hymn.