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Meaning of 'rehabilitate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rehabilitate [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'rehabilitate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rehabilitate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
Example in sentence:
  • After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated;
  • The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated
Meaning (2):
- reinstall politically
Example in sentence:
  • Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime

Nearby Words:

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