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rehabilitate

Syllabification: (re·ha·bil·i·tate)
Pronunciation: /ˌrē(h)əˈbiləˌtāt/

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Definition of rehabilitate

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 critical or official disfavor:with the fall of the government many former dissidents were rehabilitated
  • return (something, especially an environmental feature) to its former condition.

Derivatives

rehabilitation

Pronunciation: /-ˌbiləˈtāSHən/

noun

rehabilitative

Pronunciation: /-ˌtātiv/

adjective

Origin:

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

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