Re′ha‐bil″i‐tate (r?′h?‐b?l″?‐t?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rehabilitated (–t?′t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Rehabilitating.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. réhabiliter.] To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; — a term of civil and canon law.
Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.