recreation

Definition

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

Etymology

From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.

Example Sentences

• "The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]"
• "Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels."

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