rehabilitate

IPA: rihʌbˈɪɫʌteɪt

(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
(transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.).
(transitive) To return (something) to its original condition.
(transitive, Canada, US, construction) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again.
(transitive, criminology) To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain.
(transitive, medicine) To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction, etc.
(intransitive) To go through such a process; to recover.

Examples of "rehabilitate" in Sentences

Now he would get a fine or, at most, a chance to "rehabilitate" himself.
To rehabilitate is to restore to a former constructive capacity or condition.
It’s easy for non-victims to scream "rehabilitate" - but sometimes becoming a victim yourself can change your point of view dramatically.
But after the shaky direct examination last year, it was especially critical for the defense to "rehabilitate" Simpson in the eyes of the jurors.
He ` s going to need a whole lot more than Oprah in order to kind of rehabilitate his image, but it ` s certainly a great step in the right direction.
Perhaps the biggest tactical surprise last week was defense lawyer Robert Baker's decision not to question Simpson immediately, or "rehabilitate" him, in trial parlance.
The Servants played a big role in the crisis, but my research has shown that they only began to "rehabilitate" offenders after the secret system that had kept abuse covered for centuries had been inadvertently destroyed by Vatican II.
They were friends who happened to train with the same coach, when Dede invited Michael in late 1997 to her home in Boulder, Colo., to rehabilitate from a broken hip and back, suffered in two bike accidents in France, where he was living.