rehabilitate

 
Pronunciation: /riːhəˈbɪlɪteɪt/

verb

[with object]
  • restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness: helping to rehabilitate former criminals
  • restore (someone) to former privileges or reputation after a period of disfavour: with the fall of the government many former dissidents were rehabilitated
  • return (something, especially a building or environmental feature) to its former condition: the campaign aims to rehabilitate the river’s flood plain

Derivatives

rehabilitation

noun

rehabilitative

Pronunciation: /-tətɪv/
adjective

Origin:

late 16th century (earlier (late 15th century) as rehabilitation) (in the sense 'restore to former privileges'): from medieval Latin rehabilitat-, from the verb rehabilitare (see re-, habilitate)