rehabilitation (n.)

  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

    [ Syn: 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

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