Meanings
plural rehabilitations
- countableuncountableThe process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
Maybe now it should be clearer why Louis van Gaal has been telling anyone who cares to listen they should not be surprised if Manchester United’s rehabilitation takes longer than they would ideally like.
August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk1 more example
The working life span of a passenger carriage, on average, is between 30 and 35 years, so a steady replacement takes place quite naturally. The life span of a station, however, cannot be so easily reckoned, for it depends largely on the rehabilitation and upkeep of the existing structures.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 250
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinrehabilitatio
- Middle Frenchréhabilitation
- Englishrehabilitation
From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.
More words from Middle French, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rehabilitasie
- rehabilitasieprocess
Arabic إِعَادَةُ تَأْهِيل
- إِعَادَةُ تَأْهِيل (ʔiʕādatu taʔhīl)process
Bulgarian рехабилита́ция
- рехабилита́ция (rehabilitácija)process
Catalan rehabilitació
- rehabilitacióprocess
Chinese Mandarin 復原 /复原, 康復 /康复
- 復原 /复原 (fùyuán)process
- 康復 /康复 (kāngfù)process
- 改造 (gǎizào)process
Czech rehabilitace
- rehabilitaceprocess
Danish rehabilitation, rehabilitering
- rehabilitationprocess
- rehabiliteringprocess
Dutch rehabilitatie
- rehabilitatieprocess
Estonian rehabiliteerimine
- rehabiliteerimineprocess
Finnish kuntoutus, kuntouttaminen
- kuntoutusprocess
- kuntouttaminenprocess
French réhabilitation
- réhabilitationprocess
German Rehabilitation, Wiederherstellung
- Rehabilitationprocess
- Wiederherstellungprocess
- Entlastungprocess
- Ehrenrettungprocess
- Wiedereinsetzungprocess
- Resozialisierungprocess
- Wiedernutzbarmachungprocess
- Wiedereingliederungprocess
Greek αποκατάσταση
- αποκατάσταση (apokatástasi)process
Hungarian rehabilitáció
- rehabilitációprocess
Indonesian rehabilitasi
- rehabilitasiprocess
Italian riabilitazione
- riabilitazioneprocess
Japanese リハビリテーション
- リハビリテーション (rihabiritēshon)process
Korean 리허빌리테이션
- 리허빌리테이션 (riheobilliteisyeon)process
Latvian rehabilitācija
- rehabilitācijaprocess
Lithuanian reabilitacija
- reabilitacijaprocess
Malay pemulihan
- pemulihanprocess
Norwegian Bokmål rehabilitering
- rehabiliteringprocess
Polish rehabilitacja
- rehabilitacjaprocess
Portuguese reabilitação
- reabilitaçãoprocess
Romanian reabilitate
- reabilitateprocess
Russian реабилита́ция
- реабилита́ция (reabilitácija)process
Slovak rehabilitácia
- rehabilitáciaprocess
Spanish rehabilitación
- rehabilitaciónprocess
Swedish rehabilitering
- rehabiliteringprocess
Tagalog rehabilitasyon
- rehabilitasyonprocess
Turkish rehabilitasyon
- rehabilitasyonprocess
Ukrainian реабіліта́ція
- реабіліта́ція (reabilitácija)process
Welsh ymaddasiad
- ymaddasiadprocess
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rehabilitation
Cite this entry
rehabilitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehabilitation
“rehabilitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehabilitation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rehabilitation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehabilitation.
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