ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rehabilitative

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rehabilitative is an adjective meaning Tending to rehabilitate.

Meaning

Tending to rehabilitate.

More Meanings

  1. For the purpose of rehabilitation.

Example Sentences

The broken windows theory by no means advocates the more rehabilitative or psychotherapeutic remedies that characterize certain of the institutions described in Discipline and Punish.

Synonyms for rehabilitative

Depending on context, synonyms include constructive, reconstructive.

Antonyms for rehabilitative

Common opposites include punitive, punitory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reconstructive, constructive, rehab, recovery, remediation, convalescent.

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