habilitate

to make better in behavior or character believes that society should be responsible for habilitating nonviolent offenders Synonyms reform, reclaim, redeem, regenerate, rehabilitateRelated Words reeducate; amend, improve, refine; cleanse, purify, restoreNear Antonyms abase, canker, corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, lower, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, warp