restitution
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French restitucion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin restitutio.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuʃən/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɹɛstɪˈtuʃən/
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Noun
restitution (countable and uncountable, plural restitutions)
- (law) A process of compensation for losses.
- The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
- Edmund Spenser
- A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
- Sandys
- He restitution to the value makes.
- Edmund Spenser
- A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
- the restitution of an elastic body
- 2011, Evangelos Tsotsas with Arun S. Mujumdar, Modern Drying Technology, Experimental Techniques - Page 314:
- The force–displacement curve of perfectly plastic contact partners does not show elastic restitution.
- That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
- (medicine) 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.
Synonyms
- (act of compensating): recompense, indemnification
Related terms
Translations
legal: process of compensation for losses
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act of making good or compensating for loss or injury
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return or restoration to a previous condition or position
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