rehab means rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
noun
- Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.“go into rehab”
- An institution for rehabilitation.“The assimilationists would have you believe that there is no lesbian or gay underclass, white or of color. That the junkies, crackheads and rummies in the drunk-tanks and welfare rehabs are all straight. Our addicts all have ample checkbooks, the best insurance their professions can buy, and membership in the right upscale cliques.”
- A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.