- rehabilitate⇄rehabilitate, verb, -tated,-tating.
- rehabilitate⇄v.i. to be or become rehabilitated; undergo rehabilitation.
Ex. New York and California now have such laws aimed at giving selected violators a chance to rehabilitate and to have a criminal conviction erased from their records (New Scientist). - rehabilitate⇄v.t. 1. to restore to a good condition; make over in a new form.
Ex. The old neighborhood is to be rehabilitated.
2. to restore, as to a former standing, rank, rights, privileges, or reputation.
Ex. The man who had committed the theft