habilitate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HABILITATE

to make better in behavior or character <believes that society should be responsible for habilitating nonviolent offenders>

Synonyms habilitate, reclaim, redeem, regenerate, rehabilitate

Related Words reeducate; amend, improve, refine; cleanse, purify, restore

Near Antonyms abase, canker, corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, lower, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, warp

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