What does rehabilitation mean?
Definitions for rehabilitation
re·ha·bil·i·ta·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
rehabilitationnoun
the restoration of someone to a useful place in society
reclamation, renewal, rehabilitationnoun
the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
rehabilitationnoun
vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation
rehabilitationnoun
the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises
Wiktionary
rehabilitationnoun
The process of rehabilitating something.
Etymology: rehabilitate + ation
ChatGPT
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
Rehabilitationnoun
the act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated
Etymology: [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F. Rhabilitation.]
Wikidata
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
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
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 The processing, usually in a relatively quiet area, of units or individuals recently withdrawn from combat or arduous duty, during which units recondition equipment and are rested, furnished special facilities, filled up with replacements, issued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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rehabilitation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rehabilitation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of rehabilitation in a Sentence
The findings of the study are encouraging that problem-solving therapy may be beneficial as add on to outpatient rehabilitation, nevertheless, additional research is needed to better understand the discrepancies of the results.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:
They are making a contribution to the Indonesian prison system and in fact the story of their rehabilitation is something of which Indonesia can be proud, we believe their lives should be spared and they should be given a second chance.
The government hasn’t shared the cost and other details other than it’s a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the runway and bridge, the opposition will be seeking more information from government in due course.
We have now a systemic issue and too many African Americans in jail right now, so I think we should shift the whole focus from what we were doing in terms of incarceration to rehabilitation.
Judges will go easier on a younger person because for the purpose of rehabilitation as opposed to prosecution, so they're typically given lighter sentences, if a firearm was not used in the commission of the crime, they're probably not going to get any jail time whatsoever.
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