rehabilitate
(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
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Yeah it's not first of the kind is it? This is engagement bait to rehabilitate Gavin "gas the protesters" Newsom coming up to midterms and possibly the election
Smoking literally killed my grandmother, I have no patience for anyone trying to rehabilitate it.
The International Order has already been rebuilt. American credibility and reputation as the leader of the free world has been ruined by 47. It will take a lot of hard work and time to rehabilitate our standing as the…
There are no bad numbers I will rehabilitate all the numbers
he raped someone i believe so you really can’t rehabilitate that
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(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
Engineers are considering using the blowable insulation to rehabilitate residential buildings in Chicago under an Argonne partnership with Bethel New Life, a Chicago community economic initiative.
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(transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.).
Patty Wahlers, 40, is the founder and director of Horse of Connecticut, an organization situated on a 46-acre farm in Washington that rescues and rehabilitates neglected horses and puts them up for adoption.
“There are no bad numbers I will rehabilitate all the numbers”
— Bluesky· May 2026“he raped someone i believe so you really can’t rehabilitate that”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Republican Senators could have voted to convict. Republicans didn't have to rehabilitate him. Republicans could have continued to make him the pariah that he was/is. Republicans are power-hungry cowards.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To return (something) to its original condition.
Engineers are considering using the blowable insulation to rehabilitate residential buildings in Chicago under an Argonne partnership with Bethel New Life, a Chicago community economic initiative.
“Yeah it's not first of the kind is it? This is engagement bait to rehabilitate Gavin "gas the protesters" Newsom coming up to midterms and possibly the election”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Smoking literally killed my grandmother, I have no patience for anyone trying to rehabilitate it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The International Order has already been rebuilt. American credibility and reputation as the leader of the free world has been ruined by 47. It will take a lot of hard work and time to rehabilitate our standing as the leader of the free world once we stamp out everything maga.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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