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re⋅ha⋅bil⋅i⋅tate

  [ree-huh-bil-i-teyt, ree-uh-] verb, -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
2. to restore to good condition, operation, or management, as a bankrupt business.
3. to reestablish the good reputation of (a person, one's character or name, etc.).
4. to restore formally to former capacity, standing, rank, rights, or privileges.
–verb (used without object)
5. to undergo rehabilitation.
Origin:
1570–80; < ML rehabilitātus, ptp. of rehabilitāre to restore. See re-, habilitate

Related forms:
re⋅ha⋅bil⋅i⋅ta⋅tion, noun
re⋅ha⋅bil⋅i⋅ta⋅tive, adjective
re⋅ha⋅bil⋅i⋅ta⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
2. salvage, restore, recondition, reconstruct, refurbish.
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re·ha·bil·i·tate   (rē'hə-bĭl'ĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates

  1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.

  2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.

  3. To reinstate the good name of.

  4. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.


[Medieval Latin rehabilitāre, rehabilitāt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitāre, to enable; see habilitate.]
re'ha·bil'i·tat'a·ble adj., re'ha·bil'i·ta'tion n., re'ha·bil'i·ta'tive adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

rehabilitation

In politics, the restoration to favor of a political leader whose views or actions were formerly considered unacceptable. (Compare nonperson.)

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Word Origin & History

rehabilitation 
1533, from M.Fr. réhabilitation, from M.L. rehabilitationem "restoration," from rehabilitatus, pp. of rehabilitare, from re- "again" + habitare "make fit," from L. habilis "easily managed, fit." Specifically of criminals, addicts, etc., from 1940. Slang shortening rehab is from 1948. The verb rehabilitate is attested from 1580.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·ha·bil·i·tate
Pronunciation: "rE-&-'bi-l&-"tAt, "rE-h&-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed; -tat·ing
1 : to restore to a former capacity; specifically : to restore credibility to (a witness or testimony) rehabilitate the witness —People v. Page, 550 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 248 (1990)> —compare IMPEACH
NOTE: A witness whose trial testimony is inconsistent with his or her pretrial usually sworn statements is considered impeached. Such a witness may be rehabilitated usually on redirect examination. There are various state and federal evidentiary rules governing what evidence (as character evidence) is admissible to rehabilitate a witness.
2 a : to restore to a former state (as of good repair or solvency) rehabilitate the farming operation —J. H. Williamson> b : to restore (as a convicted criminal defendant) to a useful and constructive place in society through therapy, job training, and other counseling —re·ha·bil·i·ta·tion /-"bi-l&-'tA-sh&n/ noun
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·ha·bil·i·tate
Pronunciation: "rE-(h)&-'bil-&-"tAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed;-tat·ing
: to restore or bring to a condition of health or useful and constructive activity <rehabilitate patients with hip fractures>

Main Entry: re·ha·bil·i·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "rE-(h)&-"bil-&-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : the action or process of rehabilitating or of being rehabilitated: as a : the physical restoration of a sick or disabled person by therapeutic measures andreeducation to participation in the activities of a normal life within the limitations of the person's physical disability <rehabilitation after coronary occlusion> b : the process of restoring an individual (as a convict or drug addict) to a useful and constructive place in society especially through some form of vocational, correctional, or therapeutic retraining
2 : the result of rehabilitating : the state of being rehabilitated rehabilitation of the patient>
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rehabilitate re·ha·bil·i·tate (rē'hə-bĭl'ĭ-tāt')
v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates

  1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.

  2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.

re'ha·bil'i·ta'tion n.
re'ha·bil'i·ta'tive adj.

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