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  rest cure

  noun

  a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
• rest-cure
  rest-cure

  noun

  a rest taken as part of a course of medical treatment, as for stress, anxiety, etc

rest cure

American  

noun

1. a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.

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rest-cure British  

noun

1. a rest taken as part of a course of medical treatment, as for stress, anxiety, etc

2. an easy undemanding time or assignment: usually used with a negative

   it's no rest-cure, I can assure you

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Etymology

Origin of rest cure

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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There were lots and lots of problems with this approach to the 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

For a while, she leaves them, and her job, for an old-fashioned rest cure at an Alpine spa.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

“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

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

Don't you think she ought to do a rest-cure, Violet?

From Consequences by Delafield, E. M.