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"
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 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
To rehabilitate someone who has been ill or in prison means to help them to live a normal life again. To rehabilitate someone who has a drug or alcohol problem means to help them stop using drugs or alcohol. Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients who have suffered in this way. + rehabilitation re·ha·bili·ta·tion the rehabilitation of young offenders
To restore to effectiveness or normal life by training etc , esp after imprisonment or illness; to restore to former privileges or reputation or a proper condition Derivative (rehabilitative adj ; rehabilitation n [medieval Latin: rehabilitare (as re-, habilitate)])
To treat land, buildings or structures so that their use or condition is restored to its former use or condition, or may be changed to another use or condition that is or will be compatible with adjacent land uses