All 5 Uses of
rehabilitate
in
I Am a Seal Team Six Warrior
- A week later I was back in the United States for rehabilitation.†
p. 149..9
- The doctor had done me a favor by letting me rehab in his army hospital— and I repaid him by almost dying on him.†
p. 152..2
- Every other day I did rehabilitation at the hospital in Fort Stewart.†
p. 153..4
- The pain was so intense that I couldn't stop tears from coming out of my eyes—I'd been still for too long before the rehabilitation.†
p. 153..6
- The rehab people treated me like a celebrity.†
p. 155..0 *
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.