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.
to restore the good name or reputation of, as in former President Richard Nixon spent many years after he resigned over the Watergate scandal trying to rehabilitate his reputation. In sociology, the term is used to refer to restoring a criminal to a condition in which he can return to society and refrain from commiting further crimes.
To restore an insurer to financial stability and solvency.
To restore to health or wholeness.
to bring back to good condition.
restore to a state of good condition or operation
help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
to restore a structure to a condition of good repair.
To help somebody to return to good health or a normal life by providing training or therapy.
To restore, refurbish, bring back to original condition.
Return existing habitats to good condition by repairing degradation, by removing introduced species or by reinstatement of native species.
The restoration of a building or structure to a good condition.