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REHABILITATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute

Example:

After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rehabilitate" is one way to...):

reconstruct; restore (return to its original or usable and functioning condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

rehabilitation (the restoration of someone to a useful place in society)

rehabilitative (designed to accomplish rehabilitation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Restore to a state of good condition or operation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rehabilitate" is one way to...):

reconstruct; restore (return to its original or usable and functioning condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rehabilitation (the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation)

rehabilitation (the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises)

rehabilitative (helping to restore to good condition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reinstall politically

Example:

Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rehabilitate" is one way to...):

reinstate (restore to the previous state or rank)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

purge (oust politically)

Derivation:

rehabilitation (the restoration of someone to a useful place in society)

rehabilitation (vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation)

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