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Meaning of 'restitution' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Restitution [ v.]
- The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
- That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
- The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
- The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.

Meaning of 'restitution' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . restitution [ n]
Meaning (1):
- getting something back again
Example in sentence:
  • upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing

Nearby Words:

res resail resale resalgar resalute resaw rescat rescind rescindable rescinded

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