reculer, v.a., to pull back; to put back; to put off, to defer; to extend.
se reculer, v.r., to draw back; to go further off, to put back; to be extended, to sit further off.
reculer, v.n., to go back; to fall back, to draw back; to retreat, to recede, to shirk, to shrink (before), to back out (of); to give way; to recoil; to rein back (a horse). — pour mieux sauter; to wait for something better. Il est trop avancé pour —; he is too far involved to retreat. Il ne recule jamais; he never flinches. En reculant; in going backwards.
à reculons, adv., backwards; the wrong way; with one’s back to the engine, etc.
☉récupérable, adj., that may be recovered, retrievable, recoverable.
récupération, n.f., recovery.
récupérer, v.a., to recover, to retrieve; to get back.
se récupérer, v.r., to recover; to retrieve one’s losses.
récurer, v.a. V. écurer.
récurrence, n.f., (med.) recurrence.