transitive verb. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.

transitive verb. To restore to good condition.

transitive verb. To cause to be regarded again in a positive way; reestablish esteem for.

transitive verb. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.

To restore to a former capacity or standing; reinstate; qualify again; restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited: a term drawn from the civil and canon law.

To reëstablish in the esteem of others or in social position lost by disgrace; restore to public respect: as, there is now a tendency to rehabilitate notorious historical personages; Lady Blank was rehabilitated by the influence of her family at court.

transitive verb. 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.

verb. restore to a state of good condition or operation

verb. reinstall politically

verb. help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute

rehab  rehabilitated  rehabilitating  rehabilitation  rehabilitative  

reconstruct  reinstate  restore  

debilitate  facilitate  

account for  change  clear  cry sour grapes  destigmatize  

rehabilitated  rehabilitates  rehabilitating