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rehabilitate

view main entry for rehabilitateverb [transitive]  /ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt/ 
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rehabilitation

  /ˌriːəbɪlɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/  noun [uncountable]
British English pronunciation: rehabilitationClick to listen to the pronunciation of rehabilitation

rehabilitative

  /ˌriːəˈbɪlɪtətɪv/  adjective
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rehabilitative British English pronunciation: rehabilitativeClick to listen to the pronunciation of rehabilitate /ˌriːəˈbɪlɪtətɪv/  adjectiveMade better or making something better: improved, enhanced, remedial, compensatory, corrective, second-generation, dressed up, on the up and up, it makes a change, furbished

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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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