Rehabilitate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rehabilitate \Re`ha*bil"i*tate\ (r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t), v. t. [imp. &
     p. p. {Rehabilitated} (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Rehabilitating}.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL.
     rehabilitare, F. r['e]habiliter.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Restoring and rehabilitating the party.  --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rehabilitate
       v 1: reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated
            several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: {purge}]
       2: restore to a state of good condition or operation
       3: help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good
          repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated";
          "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now
          rehabilitated"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "rehabilitate":
     account for, change, clear, cry sour grapes, destigmatize,
     do justice to, exculpate, explain, fix up, give back, justify,
     place in, purge, put back, rationalize, reactivate, rebuild,
     reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, reconvert,
     recover, recruit, redecorate, redeem, reeducate, reenact,
     reestablish, refill, reform, refurbish, reinstall, reinstate,
     reinstitute, reinstruct, reintegrate, reinvest, rejuvenate, renew,
     renovate, reorient, repair, repatriate, replace, replenish, rescue,
     restitute, restore, return, revest, save, straighten out,
     transform, vindicate, warrant