Topic: HOSPITAL
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of rehabilitare, from Latin habilitas 'ability' |
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re‧ha‧bil‧i‧tate
[transitive]
[transitive]1MHSE to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been seriously ill or in prison : a special unit for rehabilitating stroke patients
a special unit for rehabilitating stroke patients2 to make people think that someone or something is good again after a period when people had a bad opinion of them : The Prime Minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.
The Prime Minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.3TBC to improve a building or area so that it returns to the good condition it was in before [↪ renovate]: A lot of the older houses have now been rehabilitated.
A lot of the older houses have now been rehabilitated. —rehabilitation noun [uncountable] the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients
noun [uncountable] the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients
