rehabilitation | ||
1. | [ noun ] the restoration of someone to a useful place in society | |
Related terms: | restoration vocational_rehabilitation correctional_rehabilitation physical_rehabilitation rehabilitate | |
2. | [ noun ] the conversion of waste land into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation | |
Synonyms: | renewal revival reclamation | |
Related terms: | restoration reforestation urban_renewal rehabilitate | |
3. | [ noun ] vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation | |
Related terms: | exoneration rehabilitate | |
4. | [ noun ] (medicine) the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises | |
Related terms: | physical_therapy rehabilitate | |
Similar spelling: |
rehabilitative rehabilitate rehabilitated reaffiliation revaluation |