Definition of "rehabilitative" [rehabilitative]

• Tending to rehabilitate. (adjective)
• For the purpose of rehabilitation. (adjective)

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• "And you will get only what they call rehabilitative alimony, 'which even the word i-- is -- is a way of saying to women, ` You were a homemaker all those years."
• "While Texas is a community property state, it seems to recognize the fact that anything more than a short term rehabilitative support order is a windfall."
• "The British went about this by detaining much of the Kikuyu community in rehabilitative camps where they were to be educated, exposed to Western religion, and taught practical skills and crafts."