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rehabilitation

re·ha·bil·i·tate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ree-huh-bil-i-teyt, ree-uh-]
    • /ˌri həˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt, ˌri ə-/
    • /ˌriː.həˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ree-huh-bil-i-teyt, ree-uh-]
    • /ˌri həˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt, ˌri ə-/

Definitions of rehabilitation word

  • verb with object rehabilitation to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like. 3
  • verb with object rehabilitation to reestablish the good reputation of (a person, one's character or name, etc.). 2
  • verb with object rehabilitation to restore to good condition, operation, or management, as a bankrupt business. 1
  • verb with object rehabilitation to restore formally to former capacity, standing, rank, rights, or privileges. 1
  • verb without object rehabilitation to undergo rehabilitation. 1
  • noun rehabilitation patient: recovery 1

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Origin of rehabilitation

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Medieval Latin rehabilitātus, past participle of rehabilitāre to restore. See re-, habilitate

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Parts of speech for Rehabilitation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rehabilitation popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rehabilitation usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rehabilitation

noun rehabilitation

  • convalescence — Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy and well again after an illness or operation.
  • hospitalization — the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.
  • instauration — renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
  • metempsychosis — the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.
  • hospitalisation — (British) alternative spelling of hospitalization.

Antonyms for rehabilitation

noun rehabilitation

  • criminalization — to make punishable as a crime: To reduce the graffiti on subway cars, he wants to criminalize the selling of spray paint to minors.

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