REHABILITATE


Meaning of REHABILITATE in English

/ ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt; NAmE / verb [ vn ]

1.

to help sb to have a normal, useful life again after they have been very ill / sick or in prison for a long time :

a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts

2.

to begin to consider that sb is good or acceptable after a long period during which they were considered bad or unacceptable :

He played a major role in rehabilitating Magritte as an artist.

3.

to return a building or an area to its previous good condition

►  re·habili·ta·tion / ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

a drug rehabilitation centre

the rehabilitation of the steel industry

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent. (earlier (late 15th cent.) as rehabilitation ) (in the sense restore to former privileges ): from medieval Latin rehabilitat- , from the verb rehabilitare (from re- and habilitate , from medieval Latin habilitat- made able, from the verb habilitare , from habilitas , from habilis able).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.