noun

• (medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
• (business, frequently attributive) Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
• Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc.
• (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.
• Childcare services tending to children after the school day.