プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ふっけん【復権】
restoration of (civil) rights; reinstatement; rehabilitation
一度地位を追われたら復権するのは難しい
Once you are ousted from your position, it is difficult 「to be reinstated [to regain your rights].
共産政権下における５年の刑を終えて彼は復権した
He was rehabilitated after five years in prison under the communist regime.