Definition of Rehabilitate

1. Verb. Help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute. "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"

Generic synonyms: Reconstruct, Restore
Derivative terms: Rehabilitation, Rehabilitative

2. Verb. Reinstall politically. "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"
Generic synonyms: Reinstate
Antonyms: Purge
Derivative terms: Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation

3. Verb. Restore to a state of good condition or operation.
Generic synonyms: Reconstruct, Restore
Derivative terms: Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitative

Definition of Rehabilitate

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Rehabilitate

1. habilitate [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] - See also: habilitate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rehabilitate

regurgitation
regurgitation
regurgitations
regurgitation jaundice
regurs
regur soil
reh
rehab
rehab
rehabbed
rehabber
rehabbers
rehabbing
rehabilitant
rehabilitants
rehabilitate (current term)
rehabilitated
rehabilitates
rehabilitating
rehabilitation
rehabilitation
rehabilitations
rehabilitation centres
rehabilitation nursing
rehabilitation of hearing impaired
rehabilitation of speech and language disorders
rehabilitation program
rehabilitative
rehabilitator
rehabilitators

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