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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
rehabilitates, rehabilitating, rehabilitated |
| definition 1: |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being.
The clinic claims to have successfully rehabilitated countless patients with drug addiction.
- synonyms:
- cure, heal, regenerate, renew, restore, revitalize
- antonyms:
- disable
- similar words:
- mend, reclaim, rectify, reform, refurbish, remodel, renovate, retrieve, revamp
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| definition 2: |
to restore the reputation, rank, or status of.
The leader had been denounced at the time of his ouster but his supporters are attempting to rehabilitate him.- synonyms:
- reinstate, replace, restore
- similar words:
- reclaim, reconvert, regenerate, retrieve, revive
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| related words: |
doctor, improve, modernize, renew |
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| derivations: |
rehabilitative (adj.), rehabilitation (n.) |
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