rehabilitation
n. uncountablen. the process of helping someone return to a healthy or normal life after an illness, injury, or time in prison. It focuses on teaching new skills or fixing old problems so the person can succeed again.
n. the process of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness. Often implies a structured program of psychological or physical recovery.
The athlete is undergoing rehabilitation for a serious knee injury.
The prison's new focus on rehabilitation includes vocational training and mental health counseling for all inmates.
Effective rehabilitation requires a multidisciplinary approach that addresses both the physiological damage and the psychological barriers to social reintegration.
From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.
Often used in the shortened form 'rehab' in informal contexts; frequently follows the verbs 'undergo' or 'complete'.