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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rehabilitationnoun

    the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

  2. reclamation, renewal, rehabilitationnoun

    the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

  3. rehabilitationnoun

    vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

  4. rehabilitationnoun

    the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

Wiktionary

  1. rehabilitationnoun

    The process of rehabilitating something.

  2. Etymology: rehabilitate + ation

ChatGPT

  1. rehabilitation

    Rehabilitation is the process of helping an individual restore their abilities, health, and functionality after the impairment or loss due to injury, illness, addiction, or other adverse conditions. Techniques in rehabilitation often involve physical therapies, psychological counseling, occupational therapies, or speech therapies aiming towards improving the individual's quality of life.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rehabilitationnoun

    the act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated

  2. Etymology: [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F. Rhabilitation.]

Wikidata

  1. Rehabilitation

    Rehabilitation was a term used in the context of the former Soviet Union, and the Post-Soviet states. Beginning after the death of Stalin in 1953, the government undertook the political and social restoration, or political rehabilitation, of persons who had been repressed and criminally prosecuted without due basis. It restored the person to the state of acquittal. In many cases, rehabilitation was posthumous, as thousands of victims had been executed or died in labor camps. The government also rehabilitated several minority populations which it had relocated under Stalin, and allowed them to return to former territories and in some cases restored their autonomy in those regions.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Rehabilitation

    Restoration of human functions to the maximum degree possible in a person or persons suffering from disease or injury.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. rehabilitation

    1. The processing, usually in a relatively quiet area, of units or individuals recently withdrawn from combat or arduous duty, during which units recondition equipment and are rested, furnished special facilities, filled up with replacements, issued replacement supplies and equipment, given training, and generally made ready for employment in future operations. 2. The action performed in restoring an installation to authorized design standards.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rehabilitation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rehabilitation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rehabilitation in a Sentence

  1. Ann Kutney-Lee:

    Patients who are treated in long-term care, rehabilitation and psychiatric facilities without the benefit of ah EHR may be at risk of poorer coordination of services and potentially lower quality of care.

  2. Kenes Rakishev:

    Work undertaken by groups such as the Caspian Seal Research & Rehabilitation Centre is crucial to raise awareness of the issue & safeguard the region’s ecology.

  3. Ewa Brodnicka:

    I did not give up the duel because I did not want to disappoint the fans and the organizers, despite the fact that the last 3 weeks of preparations are fighting pain and crossing my own limits during the rehabilitation of a broken leg.

  4. Justin Laferrier:

    A number of patients have told me even after going through rehabilitation and even after being able to accomplish activities of daily living . . . they never truly felt like themselves until they participated in adaptive sports.

  5. Bobby Brown:

    Doctors have indicated that she will have a long life, however, Bobbi Kristina is presently embarking on a rehabilitation process and the quality of her life will not be known for years to come.

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