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rehabilitation

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • [ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃn̩]
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY2 HH AH0 B IH2 L AH0 T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reclamation, renewal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: restoration

Narrower terms: reforestation, re-afforestation, urban renewal

3

noun

Meaning 3

the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: restoration

Narrower terms: correctional rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation, physical restoration, therapeutic rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation

4

noun

Meaning 4

the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical therapy, physiotherapy, physiatrics

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vindication, exoneration

History

Etymology

From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rehabilitasie — process
  • Arabic: إِعَادَةُ تَأْهِيل (ʔiʕādatu taʔhīl) — process
  • Armenian: վերականգնում (verakangnum) — process
  • Armenian: ռեաբիլիտացիա (ṙeabilitacʻia) — process
  • Belarusian: рэабіліта́цыя (reabilitácyja) — process
  • Bulgarian: рехабилита́ция (rehabilitácija) — process
  • Catalan: rehabilitació — process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復原 /复原 (fùyuán) — process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 康復 /康复 (kāngfù) — process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改造 (gǎizào) — process
  • Czech: rehabilitace — process
  • Danish: rehabilitation — process
  • Danish: rehabilitering — process
  • Dutch: rehabilitatie — process
  • Estonian: rehabiliteerimine — process
  • Finnish: kuntoutus — process
  • Finnish: kuntouttaminen — process
  • French: réhabilitation — process
  • Galician: rehabilitación — process
  • Georgian: რეაბილიტაცია (reabiliṭacia) — process
  • German: Rehabilitation — process
  • German: Wiederherstellung — process
  • German: Entlastung — process
  • German: Ehrenrettung — process
  • German: Wiedereinsetzung — process
  • German: Resozialisierung — process
  • German: Wiedernutzbarmachung — process
  • German: Wiedereingliederung — process
  • Greek: αποκατάσταση (apokatástasi) — process
  • Hungarian: rehabilitáció — process
  • Ido: rehabilito — process
  • Indonesian: rehabilitasi — process
  • Italian: riabilitazione — process
  • Japanese: リハビリテーション (rihabiritēshon) — process
  • Korean: 리허빌리테이션 (riheobilliteisyeon) — process
  • Latvian: rehabilitācija — process
  • Lithuanian: reabilitacija — process
  • Macedonian: рехабилитација (rehabilitacija) — process
  • Malay: pemulihan — process
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rehabilitering — process
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rehabilitering — process
  • Polish: rehabilitacja — process
  • Portuguese: reabilitação — process
  • Romanian: reabilitate — process
  • Russian: реабилита́ция (reabilitácija) — process
  • Serbo-Croatian: рехабилита́ција — process
  • Serbo-Croatian: rehabilitácija — process
  • Slovak: rehabilitácia — process
  • Slovene: rehabilitacija — process
  • Spanish: rehabilitación — process
  • Swedish: rehabilitering — process
  • Tagalog: rehabilitasyon — process
  • Turkish: rehabilitasyon — process
  • Ukrainian: реабіліта́ція (reabilitácija) — process
  • Welsh: ymaddasiad — process
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