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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-huh-bil-i-teyt, ree-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri həˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt, ˌri ə-

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Définition of rehabilitate

Origin :
  • 1570s, "to bring back to a former condition after decay or damage," back-formation from rehabilitation and in part from Medieval Latin rehabilitatus, past participle of rehabilitare. Meaning "to restore one's reputation or character in the eyes of others" is from 1847. Related: Rehabilitated; rehabilitating.
  • verb renovate, adjust
Example sentences :
  • They advised him to inform the Entente, in order to rehabilitate himself.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • What I'm thinking about is how they're going to rehabilitate it.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • This lady was untiring in her efforts to reclaim and rehabilitate the fallen of her sex.
  • Extract from : « Monte-Cristo's Daughter » by Edmund Flagg
  • My only chance to rehabilitate myself is to get the third set of plans to Berlin.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
  • And she had hoped somehow to rehabilitate herself in the eyes of the world.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
  • He fled to Brussels, there to rehabilitate his dwindling fortunes.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • The same is to be said of an ingenious attempt to rehabilitate Robespierre .
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5 » by Various
  • There Almo will find occupation and may rehabilitate himself.
  • Extract from : « The Unwilling Vestal » by Edward Lucas White
  • All convicted persons are obliged to perform useful work, and an effort must be made to educate and rehabilitate the inmates.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • According to the regulations, the primary responsibilities of prison administrators are to rehabilitate and to reeducate inmates.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

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