Either we are forcibly bound up in the present, or we lose ourselves in the long gone-by, and seek back for what is utterly lost, as if it were possible to summon it up again, and rehabilitate it.
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Rehabilitate
Synonyms for "rehabilitate" (84 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 18 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- рэабілітава́ць verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възстановявам verb (to return to original condition)
- възстановявам се verb (to return to good health after illness)
- поправям verb (to restore or repair)
- реабилитирам verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Catalan
1 entries- rehabilitar verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 修復 /修复 verb (to restore or repair)
- 回復 /回复 verb (to return to original condition)
- 回歸 /回归 verb (to restore into society)
- 康復 /康复 verb (to return to good health after illness)
Finnish
4 entries- kunnostaa verb (to return to original condition)
- kunnostaa verb (to restore or repair)
- kuntouttaa verb (to restore into society)
- kuntouttaa verb (to return to good health after illness)
French
1 entries- réhabiliter verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Galician
1 entries- rehabilitar verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
German
4 entries- reaktivieren verb (to restore or repair)
- rehabilitieren verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
- rehabilitieren verb (to restore the reputation or image of)
- rehabilitieren verb (to restore into society)
Italian
1 entries- riabilitare verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Māori
4 entries- whakaauraki verb (to return to original condition)
- whakaauraki verb (to restore into society)
- whakamātūtū verb (to return to good health after illness)
- whakanohonoho verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Polish
4 entries- rehabilitować verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
- rehabilitować verb (to restore the reputation or image of)
- rehabilitować verb (to return to good health after illness)
- zrehabilitować verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- reabilitar verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Romanian
2 entries- reabilita verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
- reabilita verb (to restore or repair)
Russian
1 entries- реабилити́ровать verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Spanish
1 entries- rehabilitar verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Swedish
3 entries- rehabilitera verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
- rehabilitera verb (to restore into society)
- rehabilitera verb (to recover)
Turkish
1 entries- iyileştirmek verb (to return to good health after illness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- реабілітува́ти verb (to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.)
Sample sentences
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Cumaratunga was so furious that he intensified his campaign for revitalizing the traditional practices of asweddumization, so that neglected arable land could be rehabilitated, and a degenerating economy restructured and rejuvenated.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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