| Rehabilitate (v. t.) To restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Thesaurus Entries account for, change, clear, cry sour grapes, destigmatize, do justice to, exculpate, explain, fix up, give back, justify, place in, purge, put back, rationalize, reactivate, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, reconvert, recover, recruit, redecorate, redeem, reeducate, reenact, reestablish, refill, reform, refurbish, reinstall, reinstate, reinstitute, reinstruct, reintegrate, reinvest, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, reorient, repair, repatriate, replace, replenish, rescue, restitute, restore, return, revest, save, straighten out, transform, vindicate, warrant |