Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Rehabilitation, especially a program of treatment for an injury or an addiction.
- noun Something, especially a building, that has undergone rehabilitation.
- transitive verb To rehabilitate.
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- noun An act of
rehabilitation , especially drug rehabilitation. - noun An institution for
rehabilitation . - verb To
rehabilitate .
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Examples
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The word rehab is dirty for them, and dirty still because this place sits at the right hand of their god.
The Sky Is Broken Sheldon Lee Compton 2011
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And this character not only survives, but after some time in rehab, is back as good as new.
Reality Check 2006
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Even the requisite stint in rehab is considered a chance to regroup as a family.
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Even the requisite stint in rehab is considered a chance to regroup as a family.
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Unfortunately, the term rehab gets tossed around an awful lot and that's a term that really means nothing to me.
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Now I don ` t know this facility she ` s gone into, but if it ` s truly an in -- you guys throw around the term rehab as though it has some meaning.
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The story behind the rehab is actually pretty interesting.
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Lindsay Lohan's cell phone, Twitter use is limited in rehab ...
Johnny Depp helps schoolgirl with mutiny; Ryan Seacrest plotting his own TV network? Jen Chaney 2010
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Red Sox's Cameron goes 1 for 3 in rehab stint - USATODAY. com
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In August, Sheen was ordered to 30 days in rehab after pleading guilty to third-degree domestic violence stemming from his Christmas Day dispute with his wife, Brooke Mueller.
bilby commented on the word rehab
"Jail replaced rehab (which itself replaced clubbing) as a destination for young female celebrities, a place for life lessons, self-examination, and temporary chemical independence. And while 2007 saw its share of Iraq-as-Vietnam and Iraq-as-Taliban-era-Afghanistan analogies, Iraq also became the new Korea, at least to those who foresee a decades-long armed stand-off and no end to the American military commitment."
- 'Milk is the new oil, Iraq is the new Korea … enough already!', Drake Bennett, 3 Jan 2008.
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January 3, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word rehab
They tried to make me go to rehab, I said "No, no, no!"
January 3, 2008
oroboros commented on the word rehab
A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
October 21, 2008