help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
To return to good graces in the eyes of society after committing but suffering punishment for a crime
If someone is rehabilitated, they begin to be considered acceptable again after a period during which they have been rejected or severely criticized. Ten years later, Dreyfus was rehabilitated His candidacy has divided the party; while most have scorned him, others have sought to rehabilitate him
To care for an animal until it is in good health again and can be released to its natural habitat
reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"
To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; - - a term of civil and canon law