Wiktionary
a. 1 Tending to rehabilitate. 2 For the purpose of rehabilitation.
WordNet
adj. designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment" [ant: punitive]
helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" [syn: reconstructive]
Usage examples of "rehabilitative".
The rehabilitative counselors back at Lunar V would call that paranoia, she suspected, and tell her that she needed to overcome such “antisocial” tendencies, but what did any of them know about the life of a soldier?
At any instant I expect attendants to come, to stun me from the bed and take me forcibly for some strong rehabilitative therapy.
It is on this possibility that rehabilitative efforts in the field of corrections must be based.
If I need interpretation of her signal system, I will ask her medical and rehabilitative staff to assist.