'Restitution' definitions:
Definition of 'restitution'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress]
noun
The act of restoring something to its original state
noun
Getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining]
Definition of 'Restitution'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- He restitution to the value makes. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'restitution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- wergild