rehabilitateverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriː.həˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪt/us/ˌriː.həˈbɪl.ə.teɪt/to return someone to a good, healthy, or normal life or condition afterthey have been in prison, been very ill, etc.:
The prison service should try to rehabilitate prisoners so that they can lead normal lives when they leave prison.
Physiotherapy is part of rehabilitating accident victims.
After 20 years in official disgrace, she's been rehabilitated (= given a positive public image again).
to return something to a good condition:
We need to replace or rehabilitate the bridge.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
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