(~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