noun

1. The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.

2. Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.

3. Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc.

4. (BDSM) Tender affection and care given to a partner after a BDSM activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.