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Definition of Recreation
Recreation

The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

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Recreation Quotations

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Thomas Jefferson

The only recreation there allowed, however, is that of the mind, and of this there is but little.
Maria Monk

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope

I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.
Brandi Chastain

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.
Bobby Scott

Recreation Translations

recreation in French is pacification
recreation in German is wiedererstellen

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