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rehabilitation

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life, or the process of helping someone to do this after they have been in prison, been very ill, etc.:

Examples:

Many amputees in the early stages of their rehabilitation feel despair.
the rehabilitation of violent offenders
a drug rehabilitation clinic
2
the process of returning something to a good condition:

Examples:

the rehabilitation of derelict buildings

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