rehabilitate

Synonyms

reinstate reempower recapacitate requalify

Antonyms

denude divest disempower incapacitate disqualify strip deprive

Re`ha*bil"i*tate (r`h*bl"*tt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (- t`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.] Etym: [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. réhabiliter.] Defn: To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.

rehabilitate - Similar Words

habilitate rehabilitation debilitate dishabilitate stabilitate debilitatej retaliate rechabite habituate recalcitrate