re-enablementn.
/riːᵻnˈeɪblm(ə)nt/, /riːɛnˈeɪblm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻˈneɪbəlm(ə)nt/, /ˌriɛˈneɪbəlm(ə)nt/ The fact or process of rendering able, competent, or powerful again.
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1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. Ep. Ded. sig. A 4v The propitiating of Almighty God, towards Your reinablement to afford them all..succors.
1974 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 25 356 A beneficial change of emphasis from the traditional good bed nursing..of sick old persons until they died to a policy of re-enablement and rehabilitation.
2006 Leprosy Rev. (Nexis) 77 317 A workshop on the re-enablement of the neurologically impaired hand was held at Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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