rehabilitate (v.)

  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'

  2. reinstall politically; Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime'

  3. restore to a state of good condition or operation

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