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restitution

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Restitution  \Res`ti*tu"tion\  (r?s`t?*t?"sh?n),  n.  [F. 
  restitution,  L.  restitutio.  See  {Restitute},  v.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  A  restitution  of  ancient  rights  unto  the  crown. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  He  restitution  to  the  value  makes  --Sandys. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  offered  or  given  in  return  for  what  has  been 
  lost,  injured,  or  destroved;  compensation. 
 
  3.  (Physics)  The  act  of  returning  to  or  recovering,  a  former 
  state;  as  the  restitution  of  an  elastic  body. 
 
  4.  (Med.)  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. 
 
  Syn:  Restoration;  return;  indemnification;  reparation; 
  compensation;  amends;  remuneration. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  restitution 
  n  1:  a  sum  of  money  paid  in  compensation  for  loss  or  injury  [syn: 
  {damages},  {amends},  {indemnity},  {indemnification},  {redress}] 
  2:  the  act  of  restoring  something  to  its  original  state 
  3:  getting  something  back  again  "upon  the  restitution  of  the 
  book  to  its  rightful  owner  the  child  was  given  a  tongue 
  lashing"  [syn:  {return},  {restoration},  {regaining}]




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