Rehabilitate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.
  • v. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.
  • v. To reinstate the good name of.
  • v. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To restore to a former capacity or standing; reinstate; qualify again; restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited: a term drawn from the civil and canon law.
  • To reëstablish in the esteem of others or in social position lost by disgrace; restore to public respect: as, there is now a tendency to rehabilitate notorious historical personages; Lady Blank was rehabilitated by the influence of her family at court.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. restore to a state of good condition or operation
  • v. reinstall politically
  • v. help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    restore    reconstruct    reinstate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reinstate    restore    reëstablish   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound