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Debilitate vs Rehabilitate - What's the difference?

debilitate | rehabilitate |

As verbs the difference between debilitate and rehabilitate

is that debilitate is to make feeble; to weaken while rehabilitate is to restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.

debilitate

English

Verb

  • To make feeble; to weaken.
    • The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

    Synonyms

    * weaken * enfeeble * enervate

    Related terms

    * debile * debility * debilitation

    See also

    * enervate

    External links

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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