Rehabilitation

3 definitions found

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

  Rehabilitation \Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. LL.
     rehabilitatio, F. R['e]habilitation.]
     The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being
     rehabilitated. --Bouvier. Walsh.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rehabilitation
       n 1: the restoration of someone to a useful place in society
       2: the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of
          habitation or cultivation [syn: {reclamation}, {renewal}]
       3: vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment
          of that person's reputation
       4: the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and
          electrotherapy and exercises

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

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "rehabilitation":
     about-face, adjustive reaction, adjustment, backing, backsliding,
     clearance, clearing, destigmatization, destigmatizing,
     disenchantment, exculpation, explanation, flip-flop, fulfillment,
     improvement, instauration, integrated personality, justification,
     lapse, psychosynthesis, purgation, purging, rationalization,
     reactivation, readjustment, recidivation, recidivism, reclamation,
     reconditioning, reconstitution, reconversion, redintegration,
     reeducation, reenactment, reestablishment, reformation, regress,
     regression, reinstatement, reinstation, reinstitution,
     reinstruction, reinvestiture, reinvestment, relapse, repatriation,
     replacement, restitution, restoration, retrocession,
     retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return, returning,
     reversal, reverse, reversion, reverting, revulsion, slipping back,
     syntonic personality, turn, turnabout, vindication