French Conversation · Level 127
45 words
French word
réhabiliter
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁeabilite/
Meaning
- verbrestore
Example
Il a fallu des années pour réhabiliter sa réputation.
It took years to restore his reputation.
More examples
La cour a réhabilité l'ancien ministre.
The court rehabilitated the former minister.
Core concept
A wrongly disgraced person or institution returned to its former standing.
Common phrases
réhabiliter sa réputation
rehabilitate one's reputation
réhabiliter son nom
restore one's good name
réhabiliter l'honneur de quelqu'un
restore someone's honor
Similar words
redorer: Repair a poor reputation or image and create a more favorable impression.
innocenter: Show that someone is innocent or was not involved in wrongdoing.
rétablir: Bring a lost state or function back to its original condition.
réintégrer: Reinstate someone in a job or position they previously held.
Definition in French
Faire retrouver à quelqu'un sa réputation, son honneur ou son statut social lorsqu'il a été injustement discrédité ou condamné.
Word origin
French réhabiliter is a learned borrowing from Latin rehabilitare, whose re- means 'again' and habilitare means 'make fit or suitable'.
Usage tips
- Réhabiliter belongs readily to formal or public discourse, while redorer son image is a more idiomatic colloquial alternative for improving an image.
Other meanings
- reinstateverb
- rehabilitateverb
Opposites
- déshonorerbring dishonor toverb
- diffamerslanderverb
Related words
- réhabilitationrehabilitationnoun
- réhabilitérehabilitatedadjective
- réhabilitablecapable of being rehabilitatedadjective