All 6 Uses of
rehabilitate
in
Always Running
- I've visited numerous prisons, juvenile detention centers, sober-living homes and rehabilitation centers.†
Chpt Intr. *
- All-out creativity; poetic expression; access to life-giving resources; truly meaningful and respectful relationships; purposeful and life-affirming schooling and work (jobs and more jobs); decent health care; drug and psychiatric treatment as needed; and truly rehabilitative and initiatory practices are a few of the things that do work.†
Chpt Intr.
- And I thank all the teachers, librarians, parents, students, law enforcement officers, judges, booksellers, writers, rehab counselors and community activists who have ensured my books remain on the shelves, in the hands of young people, and have also helped in fighting the censorship attempts, allowing new generations to enjoy and learn from this story.†
Chpt Intr.
- But along with the greater West Town area it was considered a "changing neighborhood," dotted here and therewith rehabs, signs of gentrification and for many of us, imminent displacement.†
Chpt Pref.
- Nobody would let me see her after she was taken to a rehabilitation hospital for teenage addicts.†
Chpt 4
- Payasa looked different, following several months in rehab hospitals and half-way homes.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(rehabilitate) to restore someone (or more rarely, something) to a state of good condition -- such as recovery from addiction, illness, prison, or poor reputationeditor's notes: Rehab is sometimes used as an abbreviation for rehabilitation or a rehabilitation facility such as might be used to help someone recover from a drug addiction.
Although rehabilitate can be used generally, it is typically replaced with refurbish when talking about buildings or machines, and with recuperate when talking about recovery from an illness.