'Reinstate' definitions:
Definition of 'reinstate'
From: WordNet
verb
Restore to the previous state or rank
verb
Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish]
Definition of 'Reinstate'
From: GCIDE
- Reinstate \Re`in*state"\ (-st?t"), v. t. To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom. [1913 Webster]
- For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reinstate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- clear,
- cry sour grapes,
- destigmatize,
- do justice to,
- exculpate,
- explain,
- give back,
- justify,
- place in,
- purge,
- put back,
- rationalize,
- reactivate,
- recall,
- reconstitute,
- reconvert,
- recruit,
- reenact,
- reestablish,
- refill,
- reform,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstall,
- reinstitute,
- reintegrate,
- reinvest,
- renew,
- replace,
- replenish,
- restore,
- return,
- revest,
- revive,
- vindicate,
- warrant