noun
- rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He’s been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- a rehabilitated building.
adjective
- of or relating to rehabilitation: funds for new rehab projects in the city.
verb (used with object), re·habbed, re·hab·bing.
- to rehabilitate.
noun
- short for rehabilitation
- treatment for drink or drug addiction
- NZ informal short for Rehabilitation Department
1948 as a shortening of rehabilitation (originally of service members returning from World War II). As a verb in reference to houses, by 1975, short for rehabilitate. Related: Rehabbed; rehabbing.
n.
- Rehabilitation.