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Avenge vs Rehabilitate - What's the difference?

avenge | rehabilitate |

In lang=en terms the difference between avenge and rehabilitate

is that avenge is to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer while rehabilitate is to go through such a process; to recover.

As verbs the difference between avenge and rehabilitate

is that avenge is to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer while rehabilitate is to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.

As a noun avenge

is a vengeance; a revenge.

avenge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vengeance; a revenge.
  • Verb

  • To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  • to avenge the murder of his brother
  • * Milton
  • Avenge , O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones / Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold.
  • (obsolete) To take vengeance.
  • *
  • Thou shalt not avenge , nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
  • (archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
  • * Bishop Hall
  • thy judgment in avenging thine enemies

    Synonyms

    * (take vengeance) bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revenge * (treat revengefully) spite * See also

    Anagrams

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    rehabilitate

    English

    Verb

    (rehabilitat)
  • To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
  • To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.).
  • To return (something) to its original condition.
  • (North America) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again.
  • To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain.
  • To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction etc.
  • To go through such a process; to recover.
  • Quotations

    * I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the other side, in the middle of the other side, away from everything else on the other side, in parenthesis, capital letters, quotated, read the following words: :: (“KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?”) : —, 1967 * Attempts to rehabilitate liberals on this point are futile. It's in their DNA. *: 2006

    Derived terms

    * rehab * rehabilitation * rehabilitative