'Reinstatement' definitions:
Definition of 'reinstatement'
(from WordNet)
noun
The condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"
noun
The act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"
Definition of 'Reinstatement'
From: GCIDE
- Reinstatement \Re`in*state"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re?stablishment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reinstatement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- backing,
- backsliding,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- disenchantment,
- exculpation,
- explanation,
- flip-flop,
- improvement,
- instauration,
- justification,
- lapse,
- purgation,
- purging,
- rationalization,
- reactivation,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reclamation,
- reconstitution,
- reconversion,
- redintegration,
- reenactment,
- reestablishment,
- reformation,
- regress,
- regression,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstation,
- reinstitution,
- reinvestiture,
- reinvestment,
- relapse,
- replacement,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- return,
- returning,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- reverting,
- revulsion,
- slipping back,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- vindication