rehabilitate
verb (used with object)
to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
have rehabilitated
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present perfectof rehabilitate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This effort centres on whether the brothers have rehabilitated after 35 years in prison and whether recent changes in California law apply to their case.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
Judge Joseph P. Whyte wrote in an order Wednesday that the purpose of an expungement is to give people who have rehabilitated themselves a second chance, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Advocates and lawmakers are also concerned that people who have rehabilitated their loans in the past and re-defaulted would be shut out because the program is supposed to be a one-time offer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
But for many, the performance of the national team appears to have rehabilitated the flag, providing a form of patriotism the whole country can rally behind.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2018
The popular and rustic strains which are handed down from the reign of Henry III have rehabilitated the memory of Simon de Montfort.
From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various
