REHABILITATE


Meaning of REHABILITATE in English

(~s, rehabilitating, ~d)

1.

To ~ someone who has been ill or in prison means to help them to live a normal life again. To ~ someone who has a drug or alcohol problem means to help them stop using drugs or alcohol.

Considerable efforts have been made to ~ patients who have suffered in this way.

VERB: V n

rehabilitation

...the rehabilitation of young offenders.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If someone is ~d, they begin to be considered acceptable again after a period during which they have been rejected or severely criticized. (FORMAL)

Ten years later, Dreyfus was ~d...

His candidacy has divided the party; while most have scorned him, others have sought to ~ him.

VERB: be V-ed, V n

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