rehabilitativeadj.

1871 E. Thomas Chron. Pathán Kings of Delhi 282 The overt act of the proclamation of the purity of the public money, and Kajar Sháh's rehabilitative promenade through the city, was speedily followed by his [sc. the Sultan's] abrupt dismissal on other pleas.

1904 Times 29 Aug. 12/4 I..beg of you to give room for some rehabilitative remarks. I am sure that the fact that I am not an Englishman but a Hungarian will not prejudice any reader against me.

1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 23 549 No one thought of alleviating or preventing poverty by constructive or rehabilitative methods.

1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville vii. 172 Many inmates are full of ideas about how prison could be improved, both as a deterrent and a rehabilitative technique.

1973 Black Panther 22 Sept. 5/2 There are no rehabilitative services offered in the Texas prisons.

2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) x. 220 The police often lobby against parole and stimulate the families of victims to object, so that no account is taken of the rehabilitative process which may have taken place in prison.