All 10 Uses
rehabilitate
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The Darkest Minds
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- They had failed at rehabilitating the dangerous ones and hauled them off in the night, but the so-called "improvements" didn't stop there.†
p. 26.9 *rehabilitating = restoring to good condition
- The scientists were looking for ways to strip the kids' abilities—"rehabilitate" them—but they had mostly just stripped their will to live.†
p. 50.4rehabilitate = restore to good condition
- I skimmed over an opinion piece that celebrated the rehabilitation camps and was more amused than offended that Psi kids were now being openly referred to as "mutant time bombs."†
p. 123.7rehabilitation = to restore someone to a state of good condition
- The government issued a notice that any parents who didn't feel safe or capable of taking care of their kiddos could send them to school on a specific morning, and the Psi Special Forces would be there to collect them for rehabilitation.†
p. 210.3
- My well-placed sources in the Gray administration have informed me that all instances in which a child has been removed from rehabilitation early have resulted in their untimely death.†
p. 270.1
- There is simply no way to reproduce the routine of medication, exercise, and stimulation these rehab centers are using to keep your children alive.†
p. 270.1rehab = restore someone (or more rarely, something) to a state of good condition; or a program or facility or where that is done
- And my father leaves me alone because he wouldn't be able to stand the outrage if I expose the fact that there is no rehabilitation program, not for people like you and me.†
p. 360.1rehabilitation = to restore someone to a state of good condition
- Always, my lips began to form the same words: My name is Clancy Gray, and I am here to tell you how the camp rehabilitation program saved my life.†
p. 362.6
- If they were carting you around and using you to explain the rehab program, then why ...?†
p. 364.6rehab = restore someone (or more rarely, something) to a state of good condition; or a program or facility or where that is done
- We found this place and went to work, and all the while my father couldn't put a bounty out on me, not without exposing the truth about me and his rehab program.†
p. 365.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(rehabilitate) to restore someone (or more rarely, something) to a state of good condition -- such as recovery from addiction, illness, prison, or poor reputationRehab 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)