Word Study
restitution
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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. [1913 Webster]"A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown." [1913 Webster]"He restitution to the value makes." [1913 Webster]
- That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation. [1913 Webster]
- The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
restitution, n.
1 (often foll. by of) the act or an instance of restoring a thing to its proper owner.
2 reparation for an injury ( esp. make restitution).
3 esp. Theol. the restoration of a thing to its original state.
4 the resumption of an original shape or position because of elasticity.
1 (often foll. by of) the act or an instance of restoring a thing to its proper owner.
2 reparation for an injury ( esp. make restitution).
3 esp. Theol. the restoration of a thing to its original state.
4 the resumption of an original shape or position because of elasticity.
Derivative
restitutive adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF restitution or L restitutio f. restituere restitut- restore (as RE-, statuere establish)
THESAURUS
restitution
about-face, amends, atonement, backing, backsliding, balancing, blood money, commutation, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages, disenchantment, expiation, expiatory offering, flip-flop, guerdon, honorarium, improvement, indemnification, indemnity, instauration, kickback, lapse, lex talionis, making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, offsetting, peace offering, piaculum, price, propitiation, quittance, reactivation, recidivation, recidivism, reclamation, recompense, reconstitution, reconversion, recoupment, recovery, rectification, redemption, redintegration, redress, reenactment, reestablishment, reformation, refund, refundment, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reimbursement, reinstatement, reinstation, reinstitution, reinvestiture, reinvestment, relapse, remuneration, reparation, repayment, replacement, reprisal, requital, requitement, restoration, retaliation, retribution, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return, returning, revenge, reversal, reverse, reversion, reverting, revulsion, reward, salvage, satisfaction, slipping back, smart money, solatium, squaring, substitution, turn, turnabout, wergildROGET THESAURUS
restitution
Restoration
N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.Acquisition
N acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing, acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, lucri causa.Restitution
N restitution, return, rendition, reddition, restoration, reinvestment, recuperation, rehabilitation, reparation, atonement, compensation, indemnification, release, replevin, redemption, recovery, remitter, reversion, restoring, recuperative, suum cuique.For further exploring for "restitution" in Webster Dictionary Online