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Noun: rehabilitation  `ree-hu`bi-lu'tey-shun
  1. The restoration of someone to a useful place in society
     
  2. The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
    - reclamation, renewal
     
  3. Vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation
     
  4. The treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

Derived forms: rehabilitations

See also: rehabilitate

Type of: account [], exoneration, physiatrics, physical therapy [US], physiotherapy [Brit, Cdn], restoration, vindication

Encyclopedia: Rehabilitation