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1. Help to readapt, 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";
   - rehab [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Reinstall politically
   "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"
    
3. Restore to a state of good condition or operation

Derived forms: rehabilitated, rehabilitates, rehabilitating

Type of: reconstruct, reinstate, restore

Antonym: purge

Encyclopedia: Rehabilitate