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rehabilitation
/rɪˌhæbɪlɪˈteɪʃən/
noun
Helping a person return to normal life after prison or illness.
- “Education programmes support the rehabilitation of prisoners.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))