rehabilitation

Noun

Meaning

The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

recovery restoration renewal reclamation convalescence retraining reintegration reeducation reformation return treatment vindication readjustment renascence reform
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Antonyms

disease aggravation decline cancer decay illness
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Hypernyms

vindication restoration exoneration physiotherapy physical therapy physiatrics

Hyponyms

reforestation urban renewal vocational rehabilitation re-afforestation physical restoration therapeutic rehabilitation

Phrases with the word

rehabilitation of distressed urban areas vocational rehabilitation program rehabilitation center eye rehabilitation pulmonary rehabilitation rehabilitation of city areas

Examples

What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal. Theodor Herzl

Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation. Ron Kind

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. Conrad Black

America must offer meaningful opportunities for redemption and rehabilitation to empower those who have been incarcerated to become productive, law-abiding, members of society, and reduce crime and make our communities safer. Joe Biden

Trial of the Kaiser; punishment of those responsible for atrocities; fullest indemnities from Germany; Britain for the British, socially and industrially; rehabilitation of those broken in the war; and a happier country for all. David Lloyd George

No task is more urgent than that of preserving peace. Without peace our independence means little. The rehabilitation and upbuilding of our countries will have little meaning. Our revolutions will not be allowed to run their course.... Sukarno

Close letter words and terms

rehabilitatable rehabilitate rehabilitatee rehabilitation center rehabilitation counselor rehabilitation of city areas