'Rehabilitate' definitions:
Definition of 'rehabilitate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
verb
Reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: purge]
verb
Restore to a state of good condition or operation
Definition of 'Rehabilitate'
From: GCIDE
- Rehabilitate \Re`ha*bil"i*tate\ (r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. r['e]habiliter.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rehabilitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- change,
- clear,
- cry sour grapes,
- destigmatize,
- do justice to,
- exculpate,
- explain,
- fix up,
- give back,
- justify,
- place in,
- purge,
- put back,
- rationalize,
- reactivate,
- rebuild,
- reclaim,
- recondition,
- reconstitute,
- reconstruct,
- reconvert,
- recover,
- recruit,
- redecorate,
- redeem,
- reeducate,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refill,
- reform,
- refurbish,
- reinstall,
- reinstate,
- reinstitute,
- reinstruct,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- rejuvenate,
- renew,
- renovate,
- reorient,
- repair,
- repatriate,
- replace,
- replenish,
- rescue,
- restitute,
- restore,
- return,
- revest,
- save,
- straighten out,
- transform,
- vindicate,
- warrant