Meaning of rehabilitation in English

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  2. Noun
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  1. Noun

    rehabilitation

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    1. the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

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

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

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  4. 4. the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

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  • « What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal. »
    Theodor Herzl
  • « The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons. »
    Mike Royko

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