English dictionary

rehabilitate

/,r/i/h/@/'b/I/l/I/,t/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute

verb.social

Examples
The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated.

After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated.

Source: WordNet 3.0
reinstall politically

verb.social

Examples
Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime.

Antonyms purge

Source: WordNet 3.0
restore to a state of good condition or operation

verb.social

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

verb

Source: webster1913