often attributive
1
: the action or process of rehabilitating : rehabilitation
especially
: a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
2
: a rehabilitated building or dwelling
rehab
verb
Examples of rehab in a Sentence
The rehab for his leg injury is going well.
the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
The pair later made amends after Chase checked into a rehab facility for his struggles with alcohol in the season 1 finale.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The measure also gives judges the authority to order people with multiple drug charges into rehab and undoes some of the changes the state made a decade ago through Proposition 47.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
In August, the commissioners approved $2 million in funding for Metro Lutheran Ministries to purchase, rehab and create 16 low-income housing units for those who are chronically homeless.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Rehab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehab. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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rehab
noun
re·hab
ˈrē-ˌhab 
often attributive
: rehabilitation
especially
: a program for rehabilitating especially drug or alcohol abusers
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