rehab

 
Pronunciation: /ˈriːhab/
informal

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] a course of treatment for drug or alcohol dependence, typically at a residential facility: the star has been in rehab for a week Mark went into rehab two years ago
  • 2US a building that has been rehabilitated or restored: a homeowner who discovers his rehab straddles the San Andreas fault

verb (rehabs, rehabbing, rehabbed)

[with object] North American
  • rehabilitate or restore: they don’t rehab you at all in jail (as adjective rehabbed) newly rehabbed apartments for rent

Origin:

1940s: abbreviation of rehabilitate and rehabilitation