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rehabilitative
re·ha·bil·i·tate R0129100 (rē′hə-bĭl′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates 1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education: rehabilitate a patient; rehabilitate a prison inmate.2. To restore to good condition: rehabilitate a storefront; rehabilitate the economy.3. To cause to be regarded again in a positive way; reestablish esteem for: rehabilitate a reputation; rehabilitate a forgotten poet.4. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of: Under the new regime, party members who had been sent to prison were rehabilitated.
[Medieval Latin rehabilitāre, rehabilitāt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitāre, to enable; see habilitate.]
re′ha·bil′i·tat′a·ble adj.re′ha·bil′i·ta′tion n.re′ha·bil′i·ta′tive adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | rehabilitative - designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment"punitive, punitory - inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages" | | 2. | rehabilitative - helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises"reconstructiveconstructive - constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission" |
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