rehabilitate | ||
1. | [ verb ] help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute | |
Related terms: | restore | |
2. | [ verb ] help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute | |
Examples: | "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated" "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated" |
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Related terms: | better restore rehabilitation | |
3. | [ verb ] restore to a state of good condition or operation | |
Related terms: | restore rehabilitation | |
4. | [ verb ] (politics) reinstall politically; | |
Examples: | "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" |
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Related terms: | purge reinstate rehabilitation | |
Similar spelling: |
rehabilitated rehabilitative rehabilitation reaffiliation |