Rehabilitative (adjective)

  1. Relating to or intended for rehabilitation, or the process of helping someone recover from an illness or injury.
  2. Designed to restore or improve physical or mental function.

Origin:

The word rehabilitative comes from the combination of two words re (again) and habilitate (to make able) which means to restore to a former capacity or condition, or to help recover from an illness or injury.

Examples:

  1. He received rehabilitative therapy after his accident.
  2. The program was designed to be rehabilitative, rather than punitive.
  3. The patient underwent a rehabilitative procedure to restore his mobility.
  4. The company provides rehabilitative services to employees who have been injured on the job.
  5. The goal of the therapy is to provide a rehabilitative treatment.
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