Rehabilitative

adj

adj ·6 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to rehabilitate.
  2. 2
    For the purpose of rehabilitation.

    "The broken windows theory by no means advocates the more rehabilitative or psychotherapeutic remedies that characterize certain of the institutions described in Discipline and Punish."

Adjective
  1. 1
    helping to restore to good condition wordnet
  2. 2
    designed to accomplish rehabilitation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
apologeticextenuatingpalliativereconstructivereconstructiverefuting

Example

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"The broken windows theory by no means advocates the more rehabilitative or psychotherapeutic remedies that characterize certain of the institutions described in Discipline and Punish."

Etymology

From rehabilitate + -ive.

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