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rehabilitative

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re·ha·bil·i·tate  (rh-bl-tt)
tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates
1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.
2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.
3. To reinstate the good name of.
4. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of.
[Medieval Latin rehabilitre, rehabilitt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitre, to enable; see habilitate.]
reha·bili·tata·ble adj.
reha·bili·tation n.
reha·bili·tative adj.
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Adj.1.rehabilitative - designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment"
punitive, punitory - inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"
2.rehabilitative - helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises"
reconstructive
constructive - constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
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Findings include: Eight in 10 (77 percent) adults believe the most appropriate sentence for nonviolent, nonserious offenders is supervised probation, restitution, community service, and/or rehabilitative services; more than half (55 percent) believe alternatives to prison or jail decrease costs to state and local governments; and U.
More than three-quarters (77 percent) of adults believe alternatives ... by Gormsen, Lia / Corrections Compendium
the parent company of the Ensign group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend.
Ensign Group declares quarterly dividend by International Business Times - US ed.
Herrera is affiliated with the Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, Sports Medicine, at Sinai School of Medicine.
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