rehabilitates
Brings back health
Rehabilitates means restores to a former condition or standing.
A physical therapist rehabilitates an injured athlete.
A program rehabilitates drug offenders.
Buildings and neighborhoods get rehabilitated through renovation.
The word also applies to reputations: Historians have rehabilitated his legacy.
To rehabilitate is to make functional, respectable, or whole again.
Multicellular motile organism
captivity · conservation · reintroduce · habitat · species · center · wild · care
Able to wait calmly
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- physicalOf body or matter
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
treatment · healing · stroke · surgery · mobility · function · restore · strengthen
Return to earlier state
- renovateRestore to good condition
- historicOf lasting significance
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
dilapidated · repair · heritage · landmark · revitalize · conversion · adaptive · reuse
Compulsive dependent
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- detoxSubstance removal process
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
counseling · program · substance · alcohol · drugs · twelve-step · intervention · relapse
One who breaks rules
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- reintegrateReturn to unified state
- paroleConditional early release
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
corrections · reform · sentence · release · probation · reentry · employment · skills
animal
Multicellular motile organism
injured · captivity · conservation · reintroduce · habitat · species · center · wild · care · endangered
patient
Able to wait calmly
injury · treatment · healing · stroke · surgery · mobility · function · restore · strengthen · regain
restore
Return to earlier state
- renovateRestore to good condition
- historicOf lasting significance
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
structure · dilapidated · repair · heritage · landmark · revitalize · conversion · adaptive · reuse · facade
addict
Compulsive dependent
recovery · counseling · program · substance · alcohol · drugs · twelve-step · intervention · relapse · withdrawal
offender
One who breaks rules
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- reintegrateReturn to unified state
- paroleConditional early release
recidivism · corrections · reform · sentence · release · probation · reentry · employment · skills · education
image
Visual or mental likeness
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
standing · vindicate · clear · exonerate · dignity · name · public · perception · esteem · character
rehabilitatesabandons
Ceases to support
neglects · forsakes · ignores · deserts · disregards
rehabilitatesostracizes
Expels from social group
excludes · banishes · excommunicates · shuns · condemns
- drug rehabilitationTreatment for substance addiction
- rehabilitation centerFacility for overcoming dependency
- animal rehabilitationTreating injured wild creatures
- physical rehabilitationTreatment restoring movement ability
- rehabilitation programStructured treatment restoring ability
- criminal rehabilitationRestoring offenders to lawful life
rehabilitate, rehabilitation, rehabilitated, rehabilitating, rehabilitative, rehabilitations, rehabilitator, rehabilitators