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Definition of rehabilitate : To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; - a term of civil and canon law.

Synonyms:

reclaim, rebuild, reconstruct, reinstate, restitute, help

fix, renew, overhaul, reestablish, recondition, reconstitute, renovate, reform, reeducate, rejuvenate, darn, improve, mend

invigorate, convalesce, remedy, make well, recuperate, restore, cure, heal, revive

Usage examples:

• But he reminded himself that he was going only for a time, until he could rehabilitate himself, and come back upon the terms he could easily make when once he was on his feet again. - "The Quality of Mercy", W. D. Howells.
• It did not seem so bad; if Chicoutimi was no worse he could live there well enough till he could rehabilitate himself. - "The Quality of Mercy", W. D. Howells.
• As soon as Charles le Mauvais got his freedom, two years later, he returned to rehabilitate the memory of his friends in Rouen. - "The Story of Rouen", Sir Theodore Andrea Cook.