Definitions for: Rehabilitate

[v] help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
[v] restore to a state of good condition or operation
[v] reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"

Webster (1913) Definition: Re`ha*bil"i*tate (r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Rehabilitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rehabilitating.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL.
rehabilitare, F. r['e]habiliter.]
To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or
dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to
qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former
right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of
civil and canon law.

Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke.

Antonyms: purge

See Also: reconstruct, reinstate, restore

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