rehabilitation
- noun
- /ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
- After completing his prison sentence, he enrolled in a rehabilitation program to help him reintegrate into society.
- a rehabilitation program
- vocational rehabilitation
- a rehabilitation center
And The thing is, like you people think of prison as like rehabilitation centers.
- And The thing is, like you people think of prison as like rehabilitation centers.
- And with respect to the perpetrator, if we are truly forward-looking, what matters is rehabilitation.
- I visited a drug rehabilitation commune north of San Francisco called Synanon.
- They want to dump billions into homeless issues, rehabilitation, free needles for drug addicts.
- I think I got a AYRO that's like a youth rehabilitation or that that's what they call.
- And that's almost a complete abandonment of any idea of a belief in rehabilitation.
- But anyway, so the idea of rehabilitation is, and it's not as if it hasn't been tried.
- It's my weekend to work on because it was a residential rehabilitation centre and in a place called Yarnton in Oxfordshire.
- The, the, the, the more people get out on legal appeals, then get out having graduated from the, what they call the phase program of, of rehabilitation.
Examples
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Although pharmacologic treatment is important to control symptoms, rehabilitation should be a key aspect in the recovery of these patients.
Academic text (2017) -
A multidisciplinary approach is essential in providing rehabilitation and support to caregivers who are visually impaired.
Academic text (2008) -
- You need to go to a rehabilitation centre.
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We just have to get you into rehabilitation as soon as we can.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ma works for the State Rehabilitation Commission, and she knows how to talk to agencies.
Fiction book (1993) -
And I get the same energy from the discussion around rehabilitation for criminals as well.
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This is mandatory policy now in all rehabilitation centres.
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They started opening new rehabilitation centers to provide care for the children that require early stimulation.
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For Betsy, Dr. Zorn's active part in her rehabilitation made a tremendous difference.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mr Renton, I understand that you have entered into a programme of rehabilitation in an attempt to wean yourself away from heroin.
Synonyms
Getting better after illness or injury
A planned course of treatment to help someone recover after illness, injury, or addiction
A process that helps people get back strength and movement after illness, injury, or disability
Help that teaches job skills so people with disabilities can get or return to work
Treatment that helps people regain movement and daily skills after illness or injury
Helping someone return to normal life and work after prison or long illness
Programs in prison or under supervision that help offenders learn skills and avoid new crimes
Antonyms
Compounds
A planned course of treatment to help someone recover after illness, injury, or addiction
- Specialized
A process that helps people get back strength and movement after illness, injury, or disability
- Specialized
Treatment that helps people regain movement and daily skills after illness or injury
Help that teaches job skills so people with disabilities can get or return to work
- Formal
Programs in prison or under supervision that help offenders learn skills and avoid new crimes
- Offensive
A place where people are kept by the government and forced to change their beliefs or behavior
A program where people receive therapy to regain strength and movement after injury or illness
A program that helps people with disabilities learn job skills to find work
How Restored
Surface Forms
Morphology
rehabilitation = rehabilitate (transparent) = rehabilitate + ion
This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'rehabilitate' meaning the process or result of rehabilitating.
Etymology
The word rehabilitation comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and habilis 'able', the same idea behind English words like able and ability, so it means 'to make able again'. So, it refers to programs that help a person return to normal life after prison, illness, or addiction.