'Rehabilitation' definitions:
Definition of 'rehabilitation'
From: WordNet
noun
The restoration of someone to a useful place in society
noun
The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation [syn: reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation]
noun
Vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation
noun
The treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises
Definition of 'Rehabilitation'
From: GCIDE
- Rehabilitation \Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F. R['e]habilitation.] The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated. --Bouvier. Walsh. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rehabilitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- adjustive reaction,
- adjustment,
- backing,
- backsliding,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- disenchantment,
- exculpation,
- explanation,
- flip-flop,
- fulfillment,
- improvement,
- instauration,
- integrated personality,
- justification,
- lapse,
- psychosynthesis,
- purgation,
- purging,
- rationalization,
- reactivation,
- readjustment,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reclamation,
- reconditioning,
- reconstitution,
- reconversion,
- redintegration,
- reeducation,
- reenactment,
- reestablishment,
- reformation,
- regress,
- regression,
- reinstatement,
- reinstation,
- reinstitution,
- reinstruction,
- reinvestiture,
- reinvestment,
- relapse,
- repatriation,
- replacement,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- return,
- returning,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- reverting,
- revulsion,
- slipping back,
- syntonic personality,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- vindication