rehabilitation

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #14393

Meanings

1

noun
The process of helping someone recover health, skills, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.

After the accident, she needed months of rehabilitation to walk again.
2

noun
The process of restoring a building or area to good condition.

The rehabilitation of the old factory turned it into modern flats.
3

noun
The act of restoring someone's good reputation.

His rehabilitation in the eyes of the public took many years.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the process of restoring a... reclamation

Word family

Forms rehabilitations

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Phrases (1)

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vocational rehabilitation
training and support that help a person develop or recover skills needed for employment

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

réhabilitation Middle French rehabilitatio la-med

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# rehabilitation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɹiː.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 14393

## Meanings
1. The process of helping someone recover health, skills, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
2. The process of restoring a building or area to good condition.
3. The act of restoring someone's good reputation.

## Examples
- After the accident, she needed months of rehabilitation to walk again.
- The rehabilitation of the old factory turned it into modern flats.
- His rehabilitation in the eyes of the public took many years.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: réhabilitation
- Root: rehabilitatio

## Etymology
From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

## AI Etymology
Rehabilitation comes from Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio. The historical chain includes réhabilitation (Middle French) and rehabilitatio (Medieval Latin). In present use it covers the process of helping someone recover health, skills, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction, the process of restoring a building or area to good condition, and the act of restoring someone's good reputation.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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