v. 25B6; verb
efforts to rehabilitate patients : RESTORE TO NORMALITY, reintegrate, readapt; N. Amer. informal rehab.
former dissidents were rehabilitated : REINSTATE, restore, bring back; pardon, absolve, exonerate, forgive; formal exculpate.
rehabilitating vacant housing : RECONDITION, restore, renovate, refurbish, revamp, overhaul, redevelop, rebuild, reconstruct; redecorate, spruce up; upgrade, refit, modernize; informal do up; N. Amer. informal rehab.