a rest taken as part of a course of medical treatment, as for stress, anxiety, etc
an easy undemanding time or assignment: usually used with a negative
it's no rest-cure, I can assure you
First recorded in 1885–90
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Explain to me what that difference is and what rest really means, opposed to the old-fashioned "rest cure."
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
Indeed Sir Henry Tudor, who had been 'chief of police' in Ireland before taking a senior position in the Palestine mandate, said it was "a rest cure after Ireland" for the former RIC men.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2022
“You will get tired, and your bones will cry aloud for a rest cure; but I promise you one thing — you will never be bored,” Massey wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2015
In the old days, a rest cure was acknowledged to be an effective way back to health.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2013
Mr. Willard and I waited in the reception room for the end of the afternoon rest cure.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
But even a rest-cure isn't likely to restore Boracay to its former preeminence, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2013
U.S. observers were worried by his silence, his brooding on his yacht, his long rest-cure treatment at the health resort of Baguio in the hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Scotsman talks of her soul; he signs another man's name on his own examination paper in order to get money to provide her with a rest-cure in Spain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Madame Chiang Kaishek, who arrived in Brazil in July for a three-month "rest-cure," prepared to travel on to the U.S. for "badly needed" medical treatment.
From Time Magazine Archive
When I send you away for your rest-cure, Lady Ingleby with her worries and questionings, doubts and fears, must be left behind.
From The Mistress of Shenstone by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)
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