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   Re·hab

   /ˈrēˌhab/

   

   noun

   • 1. a course of treatment for drug or alcohol dependence, typically at a residential facility: informal "the star has been in rehab for a week"
   • ▪ a course of treatment designed to reverse the debilitating effects of an injury: "their best hitter has been in rehab since August"
   • 2. a thing, especially a building, that has been rehabilitated or restored: informal US "a homeowner who discovers his rehab straddles the San Andreas fault"
   • 3. help given to reintroduce a person into civilian life after a period of military service, especially by a government department: informal, historical Australian, New Zealand, Canadian "he'd had to bum around for a few years before approaching the Rehab"

   verb

   • 1. rehabilitate or restore: informal North American "they don't rehab you at all in jail"

   Word Origin 1930s (in rehab (sense 3 of the noun)): abbreviation of rehabilitation and rehabilitate.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rehabber noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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