n, often attrib  1  :  the action or process of rehabilitating or of being rehabilitated: as  a  :  the physical restoration of a sick or disabled person by therapeutic measures and reeducation to participation in the activities of a normal life within the limitations of the person's physical disability < after coronary occlusion>   b  :  the process of restoring an individual (as a convict or drug addict) to a useful and constructive place in society esp. through some form of vocational, correctional, or therapeutic retraining  2  :  the result of rehabilitating  :  the state of being rehabilitated <the ultimate aim of a detox program is the of the patient>  .
 
 
 
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