Definition of "rehabilitate" []

To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. (verb-transitive)
To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity. (verb-transitive)
To reinstate the good name of. (verb-transitive)
To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rehabilitate" in a sentence

"They were friends who happened to train with the same coach, when Dede invited Michael in late 1997 to her home in Boulder, Colo., to rehabilitate from a broken hip and back, suffered in two bike accidents in France, where he was living."
"To rehabilitate is to restore to a former constructive capacity or condition."
"It’s easy for non-victims to scream "rehabilitate" - but sometimes becoming a victim yourself can change your point of view dramatically."

Words like "rehabilitate"

debilitate facilitate reëstablish

reconstruct rehab rehabilitated

rehabilitates rehabilitating rehabilitation

rehabilitative reinstate restore