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   rehabilitate

   /ˌriː(h)əˈbɪlɪteɪt/

   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 disfavour: "with the fall of the government many former dissidents were rehabilitated"
   • ▪ return (something, especially a building or 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 › dictionary › englishREHABILITATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to return someone to a good, healthy, or normal life or condition after they have been in prison, been very ill, etc.: The prison service should try to rehabilitate prisoners so that they can lead normal lives when they leave prison. Physiotherapy is part of rehabilitating accident victims.

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   The meaning of REHABILITATE is to restore to a former capacity : reinstate. How to use rehabilitate in a sentence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › rehabilitateREHABILITATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Rehabilitate definition: to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.. See examples of REHABILITATE used in a sentence.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › rehabilitaterehabilitate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of rehabilitate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   If you have been in a bad accident or have an addiction problem, you may go away for a stretch of time to rehabilitate yourself or, in other words, bring yourself back to health.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREHABILITATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   To rehabilitate someone who has been ill or in prison means to help them to live a normal life again. To rehabilitate someone who has a drug or alcohol problem means to help them stop using drugs or alcohol. Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients who have suffered in this way.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › rehabilitateRehabilitate - definition of rehabilitate by The Free Dictionary

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   To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education: rehabilitate a patient; rehabilitate a prison inmate. 2. To restore to good condition: rehabilitate a storefront; rehabilitate the economy.