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
Synonyms
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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Melton underwent a rigorous rehab program and bounced back with a 20-homer season in 1973.
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Joe Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, Saoirse Ronan returned to the screen with a double header: Steve McQueen’s World War II film Blitz, and her passion project, The Outrun, a drama about a woman just out of rehab.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
Abbe Lowell, the defense attorney, argued to jurors that his client had completed a rehab program in L.A. and that the gun salesman did not perceive Biden to be under the influence or glassy-eyed.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
In June, Anastasia had James drop her and Liam, who has a different biological father, off at a rehab clinic.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Joe Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, Saoirse Ronan returned to the screen with a double header: Steve McQueen’s World War II film Blitz, and her passion project, The Outrun, a drama about a woman just out of rehab.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
Abbe Lowell, the defense attorney, argued to jurors that his client had completed a rehab program in L.A. and that the gun salesman did not perceive Biden to be under the influence or glassy-eyed.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
In June, Anastasia had James drop her and Liam, who has a different biological father, off at a rehab clinic.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
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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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