rehabilitations
Paths to recovery
Rehabilitations is the plural of rehabilitation, which covers efforts to restore someone or something to a former condition or standing.
A patient undergoes rehabilitation after surgery or addiction.
A building undergoes rehabilitation when renovated rather than demolished.
A historical figure's rehabilitation means restoring their reputation: Recent rehabilitations of Nixon have emphasized his foreign policy achievements.
Regaining what was lost
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- restorationReturning something to condition
- healingRestoration of health
treatment · patients · mobility · stroke · injury · occupational therapy · clinics · exercises
Restoration to a group
- paroleConditional early release
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- offendersThose who commit wrongs
prisoners · programs · reentry · probation · sentencing · reform · incarceration · halfway houses
Clearance of blame
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- restorationReturning something to condition
- imageVisual or mental likeness
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
public relations · apology · comeback · exoneration · credibility · reinstatement · honor · standing
Returning something to condition
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- ecosystemsInterdependent organism-environment systems
- habitatsNative dwelling places
- remediationAct of correcting faults
conservation · wildlife · reforestation · contamination · cleanup · biodiversity · watersheds · native species
Returning something to condition
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
- historic preservationProtecting significant old structures
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
repairs · infrastructure · retrofitting · modernization · facades · landmarks · architecture · heritage
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- restorationReturning something to condition
healing · treatment · patients · mobility · stroke · injury · occupational therapy · clinics · exercises · regimen
reintegration
Restoration to a group
- paroleConditional early release
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
offenders · prisoners · programs · reentry · probation · sentencing · reform · incarceration · halfway houses · vocational training
vindication
Clearance of blame
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- restorationReturning something to condition
- imageVisual or mental likeness
reputation · public relations · apology · comeback · exoneration · credibility · reinstatement · honor · standing · careers
restoration
Returning something to condition
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- ecosystemsInterdependent organism-environment systems
- habitatsNative dwelling places
remediation · conservation · wildlife · reforestation · contamination · cleanup · biodiversity · watersheds · native species · brownfields
restoration
Returning something to condition
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
- historic preservationProtecting significant old structures
reconstruction · repairs · infrastructure · retrofitting · modernization · facades · landmarks · architecture · heritage · adaptive reuse
rehabilitationsdeteriorations
Processes of worsening
degradations · demolitions · destructions · dilapidations · decays
rehabilitationsrelapses
Returns to illness
deteriorations · declines · regressions · backsliding · degeneration
rehabilitationscondemnations
Formal expressions of strong disapproval
discrediting · disgrace · denunciations · defamations · vilifications
- 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