rehabilitation English · revision 10676

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1533|origins=fr réhabilitation|origins=la-med rehabilitatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌriː.həˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|réhabilitation]] and directly from Medieval Latin rehabilitātiō, restoration,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) a noun from the past participle of rehabilitāre,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from re-, again, and habilitāre, to make fit, from Latin habilis, suitable (see [[able]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Re-establishing a person in a former rank, privilege or standing: 1533–4 in the OED, the 1530s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Re-establishing someone's reputation, vindicating their character, is from 1876.^(OED 1989) Restoring a thing to a previous condition is from 1858,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and to a higher moral state from 1868.^(OED 1989) The modern sense, restoring a disabled person, an addict or a criminal to a normal life, is by 1940.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In medicine it includes treatment by exercise and therapy after illness or injury.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1533–4 – restoration to rank.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1858 – restoration of a thing.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1876 – vindication of character.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1940 – restoration to normal life.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The process of helping someone return to normal life after illness, [[injury]], [[addiction]] or prison.^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

+ # Restoration of something to a good condition.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ # Restoration of a person's good name or former rank.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonrehabilitation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rehabilitate]]

+ * [[able]]

+ * [[habit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}