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Restitution   /rˌɛstɪtˈuʃən/   Listen
noun
Restitution  n.  
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." "He restitution to the value makes."
2.
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; 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 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 labor.
Synonyms: Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration.






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"Restitution" Quotes from Famous Books



... and king, the cause of my coming at this time is to have again the restitution of my person, my lands, and my heritage, through your ...
— Richard II - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... The effect of a subsequent sin is that the former "justices" are not remembered, in so far as they were deserving of eternal life, but not in so far as they were a hindrance to sin. Consequently if a man sins mortally after making restitution, he does not become guilty as though he had not paid back what he owed; and much less is penance previously done forgotten as to the pardon of the guilt, since this is the work of God rather ...
— Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) - From the Complete American Edition • Thomas Aquinas

... bridegroom offers presents to the bride's parents, which are afterward returned to him. Among certain savages the bride's parents return the purchase money of their daughter to the bridegroom in another form. Such restitution was often the origin ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... of exposure, the fear of notoriety when the case comes up in court, has aged the man ten years. He begged me with tears in his eyes to induce you to drop it and accept his offer of restitution. Don't you think you could do ...
— The Brass Bowl • Louis Joseph Vance

... (if I understand correctly) that restitution has been made to the parties against whom the crime was perpetrated. That is well ...
— The Mystery of Monastery Farm • H. R. Naylor


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