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rehabilitate
(,r/i/h/@/'b/I/l/I/,t/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute(verb.social)
    Example:
    The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated.
    After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated.
    source: wordnet30
  • reinstall politically(verb.social)
    Example:
    Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime.
    Antonym:
    purge
    source: wordnet30
  • restore to a state of good condition or operation(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; - - a term of civil and canon law.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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