rest cure
Frequency: 5.02.1 per million words
a period of rest prescribed as medical treatment
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Examples (10)
- His new job was almost a rest cure after the stresses of the army.
- The doctor prescribed a strict rest cure for her nervous exhaustion.
- In the 19th century, a rest cure in the countryside was a common treatment.
- After months of hard work, she felt she needed a long vacation that acted as a rest cure.
- He's currently undergoing a rest cure at a sanatorium in the mountains.
- Do you believe a simple rest cure is enough to recover from such severe burnout?
- A mere rest cure won't solve her deep-seated psychological issues.
- The two-week rest cure did wonders for his physical and mental health.
- What she really needed was a complete rest cure, away from all the demands of her work.
- For the overworked writer, a week offline was the modern equivalent of a rest cure.