rehabilitieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• rehabilitate verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
• vindicate verb To free someone from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

Senses

rehabilitieren is used for these senses in English:

• rehabilitate (transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]
• rehabilitate (transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.). [from 18th c.]
• rehabilitate (transitive, criminology) To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain. [from 19th c.]
• rehabilitate (transitive, medicine) To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction, etc. [from 19th c.]
• vindicate (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

rehabilitate — full definition

1. verb To help someone return to good health, function, or a normal life after illness, injury, or addiction.
2. verb To restore a building, area, or system to good working condition.
3. verb To restore someone's reputation or good standing.

vindicate — full definition

1. verb To free someone from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
2. verb To show that something is right or true by giving proof for it.
3. verb To stand up for a cause or idea when others oppose it.
4. verb To turn out, in the end, to have been sensible, right or fair.

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