rehabilitative

Definitions of rehabilitative

1. adjective

   helping to restore to good condition
   “rehabilitative exercises”

   synonyms: reconstructive

   constructive

   constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
2. adjective

   designed to accomplish rehabilitation
   “"from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello”

   “rehabilitative treatment”

   antonyms:

   punitive

   inflicting punishment

   correctional

   concerned with or providing correction

   penal

   serving as or designed to impose punishment

   penitentiary

   used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers

   relatiative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, vindicatory

   of or relating to or having the nature of retribution