rehabilitation — The process of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: The process of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
Example Sentences
- After watching too many cooking shows, Chef Kim needed rehabilitation to stop adding cheese to kimchi.
- The wildlife rehabilitation facility successfully returned the injured eagle to the wild.
- His smartphone addiction was so severe that he checked into a digital rehabilitation clinic.
rehabilitation
NOUN[/ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/]
The process of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness
A person performs guided exercises to regain mobility and strength after an injury, visualizing rehabilitation.
"Rehabilitation builds a new foundation — step by step, a patient transformation."
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
This word derives from Medieval Latin rehabilitare, meaning 'to restore to capability or fitness'. The term combines the Latin prefix re- (again) with habilitare (to make able), originally used to describe the restoration of someone's abilities or status, much like rebuilding a damaged structure.
Breakdown
re- (again, anew) + habilitare (to make able, to empower), where habilitare itself comes from habilis (able, fit) + -are (verb infinitive suffix).
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“After watching too many cooking shows, Chef Kim needed rehabilitation to stop adding cheese to kimchi.”
“The wildlife rehabilitation facility successfully returned the injured eagle to the wild.”
“His smartphone addiction was so severe that he checked into a digital rehabilitation clinic.”
“The company's rehabilitation efforts helped restore its damaged reputation.”
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