rehabilitation

1. In politics, the restoration to favor of a political leader whose views or actions were formerly considered unacceptable. ( Compare nonperson .)

Example Sentences

He started a rehabilitation program, the Spurs said, and is expected to make a full recovery.

From Los Angeles Times

That should motivate progress on long-standing needs such as closing the dangerously decrepit Men’s Central Jail and diverting qualified inmates to rehabilitation facilities; addressing problems in the child welfare system; and providing adequate substance abuse and mental health treatment.

From Los Angeles Times

“Unlike previous commutations I’ve granted to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary growth and rehabilitation,” she explained, “this commutation is not based on any rehabilitative efforts by the individuals on death row. Instead, it reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral. It is an irreversible punishment that does not allow for correction; is wasteful of taxpayer dollars; does not make communities safer; and cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably.”

From Slate

Ignizio said his friend was being treated at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey, where the late actor Christopher Reeve stayed after a similar accident in 1995, the Associated Press reported.

From BBC

"Any rehabilitation progress made is likely to be lost with homelessness only adding to their trauma."

From BBC

Related Words

• improvement
• overhaul
• reclamation
• reconstruction
• recovery
• repair