Adjustment Brush - Effect - Lighten - oops!

I was in the Adjustment Brush settings > Effect > Lighten (forget the other word) and somehow... deleted the Lighten Preset
How do I restore this delete boo-boo?
Thanking -you

Thank-you for the reply Hal,
Yes, I seemed to get a dialog box asking me if I wanted to delete this "Preset" (Dodge) and of course I dd not understand it was referring to Dodge as a Preset or I would not have deleted it...
So - perhaps what we are looking for is a way to reinstate the "presets" for the Adjustment Brush "Effects" dropdown menu preset options...
thank-you ~

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