rehabilitation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the restoration of someone to a useful place in society
noun the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
noun vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

Then would follow the work of reconstruction and rehabilitation. — Astounding Stories, August, 1931, Various
From the rehabilitation of his father, he naturally passed to the rehabilitation of Napoleon. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Gentlemen," to the others, "you are all witnesses to this rehabilitation of Captain Sempland." — A Little Traitor to the South: A War Time Comedy with a Tragic Interlude, Cyrus Townsend Brady

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