REHABILITATE Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

rehabilitate

verb

ˌrē-ə-ˈbi-lə-ˌtāt

Definition of rehabilitate

as in to redeem

to make better in behavior or character an organization that rehabilitates criminals so they can reenter society

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as in to heal

to restore to a healthy condition underwent physical therapy to help rehabilitate her broken elbow

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Recent Examples of rehabilitate Another option in case the property owners don't come together is for the hotel parcel to be rehabilitated. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Gross-Matos is currently rehabilitating from that knee injury and isn’t ready to play. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Veterans groups and advocates who shaped the 2016 draft plan contend the housing was tacked on to allow the VA to avoid the cost of rehabilitating the building. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The rescuers contacted The Arrow Fund, a Louisville nonprofitdedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animal victims of abuse. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rehabilitate

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Taylor’s success on its own isn’t enough to redeem this season for the Sky, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2023 and whose relevance slips further with each loss and each draft pick that fails to hit.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Scan your game piece in the McDonald's App to redeem prizes, properties or Chance Card Game instant win plays.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of redeem

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Digitize your dusty DVDs and reclaim shelf space with DVDneXtCOPY, a powerful DVD ripper that preserves your collection.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
By harnessing these tools, many clinicians report saving an hour per day on documentation, reducing after-hours work and reclaiming their personal time.

— Sameer Bhat, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of reclaim

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How dengue is treated There is no antiviral drug that cures dengue.

— Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
About half the participants have benefited, and in rare cases the treatment kept patients alive for a year or more or seemingly cured them, said Richard Schilsky, the program's founder and its principal investigator until recently.

— Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cure

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Instead of concentrating thousands of visitors into just a few months, wildlife disturbance and trail use are distributed more evenly throughout the year, allowing nature to regenerate and rest more, well, naturally.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
In this strategy of attrition, Iran just needs to keep imposing costs and regenerating what is lost.

— NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of regenerate

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Yet, in many cases simple mending, either done yourself or at a dry cleaner shop, can fix the problem.

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Overcoming technical hurdles in core design Because the reactor layout is never fixed, scientists could not rely on a standard conversion design.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of fix

Verb

Computer simulations indicate that one of the geometries studied by the team could improve NMR sensitivity and accuracy by roughly an order of magnitude.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The agreement bucks the utility’s typical process of building, operating and sometimes improving power plants and other infrastructure, such as transmission lines, and then collecting that money from customers in their monthly electricity bills.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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