Rehabilitate

[riːhə'bɪlɪteɪt] or [,riə'bɪlɪtet]

Definition

(verb.) help to readapt, 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'.

(verb.) restore to a state of good condition or operation.

(verb.) reinstall politically; 'Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime'.

Inputed by Bennett--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Inputed by Estella

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Reinstate (in a former right or privilege), re-establish, restore.

Inputed by Darlene

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Reinstate, reempower, recapacitate, requalify

ANT:Denude, divest, disempower, Incapacitate, disqualify, strip, deprive

Checked by Calvin

Definition

v.t. to reinstate restore to former privileges.—n. Rehabilitā′tion the act of restoring to forfeited rights or privileges.

Typist: Ruben