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noun
A process of compensation for losses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: indemnification, recompense
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: deconversion, regression, step back, restitution, restoration, reversion
Antonyms: none provided
noun
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: amends, recompense, remuneration, reparation, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends, quittal, recompensation, redress, relief, requital, requite, restitution, satisfaction
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The movement of rotation 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 labour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
getting something back again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: return, restoration, regaining
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acquisition
Narrower terms: clawback
noun
the act of restoring something to its original state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
noun
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, redress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compensation
Narrower terms: relief, actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages, nominal damages, punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money, atonement, expiation, satisfaction
History
From Old French restitucion, from Latin restitutio. By surface analysis, restitute + -ion.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
