recreation

/(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/

recreation means any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.

recreation is pronounced /(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/.

Etymology

From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.

noun

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.“The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]”
The process of creating something again.
The result of this process.“Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]”