rehabilitation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

   The working life span of a passenger carriage, on average, is between 30 and 35 years, so a steady replacement takes place quite naturally. The life span of a station, however, cannot be so easily reckoned, for it depends largely on the rehabilitation and upkeep of the existing structures.

2. 2
   noun

   the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

3. 3
   noun

   the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

4. 4
   noun

   the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

5. 5
   noun

   vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

Etymology

From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.