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   Re·ha·bil·i·tate

   /ˌrē(h)əˈbiləˌtāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness: "helping to rehabilitate former criminals" Similar restore to health/normalityreintegratereadaptretraininformal:rehabreinstatereinstallrestorebring backre-establishpardonabsolveexonerateexculpateforgive
   • ▪ restore (someone) to former privileges or reputation after a period of critical or official disfavor: "with the fall of the government many former dissidents were rehabilitated"
   • ▪ return (something, especially an environmental feature) to its former condition: "the campaign aims to rehabilitate the river's flood plain" Similar reconditionrestorerenewrenovaterefurbishrevampmake overmake fit for habitation/useoverhauldevelopredevelopconvertrebuildreconstructremodelredecoratebrighten upfreshen upspruce upimproveupgraderefitfix upre-equipmodernizeupdatebring up to datebring into the twenty-first centurybring something up to coderehabinformal:do up

   Word Origin late 16th century (earlier (late 15th century) as rehabilitation) (in the sense ‘restore to former privileges’): from medieval Latin rehabilitat-, from the verb rehabilitare (see re-, habilitate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. rehabilitative adjective

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREHABILITATE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   REHABILITATE meaning: 1. to return someone to a good, healthy, or normal life or condition after they have been in…. Learn more.

3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rehabilitateRehabilitate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Definitions of rehabilitate. verb. restore someone to a good state of health or reputation. “The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated ” “After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated ” synonyms: rehab. see more. verb. restore to a state of good condition or operation. see more. verb. reinstall politically.

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionrehabilitate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   rehabilitate somebody (as something) to begin to consider that somebody is good or acceptable after a long period during which they were considered bad or unacceptable. He played a major role in rehabilitating Magritte as an artist. rehabilitate something to return a building or an area to its previous good condition.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › americanrehabilitate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Check pronunciation: rehabilitate. Definition of rehabilitate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

6. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › rehabilitaterehabilitate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   May 1, 2024 · ( transitive, criminology) To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain. [from 19th c.] ( transitive, medicine) To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction, etc. [from 19th c.]

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › rehabilitateREHABILITATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   to help someone live a normal life again after they have had a serious illness or been in prison: a programme to rehabilitate young offenders. rehabilitation. noun [ U ] uk / ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃ ə n / us. (Definition of rehabilitate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of rehabilitate.

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   Rehabilitate definition, to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like. See more.