# rehabilitation

Pronunciation: US say "ree-uh-bil-i-TAY-shun" /ˌɹi.əˌbɪl.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/; AUS

## Noun

1. The process of restoring someone or something to health, proper working condition, or a former positive status.
   - Simple: The process of helping a person or thing get back to a good or healthy condition.
   - _Her rehabilitation after the stroke involved daily speech and physical therapy sessions._
   - _The city approved funding for the rehabilitation of several historic buildings downtown._

## Origin

From Middle French réhabilitation, itself from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rehabilitation (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).