rehabilitate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- reintegrate, adjust
- redeem, clear, reform, restore, save

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re‧ha‧bil‧i‧tate /ˌriːhəˈbɪləteɪt, ˌriːhəˈbɪlɪteɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: past participle of rehabilitare, from Latin habilitas 'ability']

1. to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been seriously ill or in prison:
a special unit for rehabilitating stroke patients

2. to make people think that someone or something is good again after a period when people had a bad opinion of them:
The Prime Minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.

3. to improve a building or area so that it returns to the good condition it was in before ⇒ renovate:
A lot of the older houses have now been rehabilitated.
—rehabilitation /ˌriːhəbɪləˈteɪʃən, ˌriːhəbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients

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