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 Definitions of restitution  [ˌrɛs tɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu-]  

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Definition of 'restitution' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) restitution
reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused.

2.  restitution
the restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered.

3.  restitution
restoration to the former or original state or position.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME restitucioun < OF restitution < L restitūtiō rebuilding, restoration)

Definition of 'restitution' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

2. (noun) restitution
the act of restoring something to its original state

3. (noun) restitution, return, restoration, regaining
getting something back again
"upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"


Definition of 'restitution' Webster Dictionary 

1.  restitution
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

2.  restitution
that which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation

3.  restitution
the act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body

4.  restitution
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


Definition of 'restitution' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  restitution
The process of determining the true planimetric position of objects whose images appear on photographs.


Translation of 'restitution' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the act of giving back to a person etc what has been taken away, or the giving of money etc to pay for damage, loss or injury.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: restitusie Arabic flag Arabic: إعادَة الشيء إلى صاحِبِه، Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: възвръщане
Brazilian flag Brazilian: restituição Czech flag Czech: náhrada German flag German: die Rückerstattung
Danish flag Danish: erstatning Greek flag Greek: αποκατάσταση Spanish flag Spanish: restitución
Estonian flag Estonian: tagastamine, hüvitamine Farsi flag Farsi: استرداد؛ اعاده؛ خسارت Finnish flag Finnish: korvaus
French flag French: restitution Hebrew flag Hebrew: הֲשָבָה Hindi flag Hindi: लौटाना
Croatian flag Croatian: restitucija, naknada Hungarian flag Hungarian: kárpótlás Indonesian flag Indonesian: ganti rugi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: það að skila e-u; (skaða) Italian flag Italian: restituzione Japanese flag Japanese: 返却
Korean flag Korean: 손해 배상 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuosavybės teisių atkūrim Latvian flag Latvian: restitūcija; atpakaļatdoš
Malay flag Malay: mengganti-rugi Dutch flag Dutch: teruggave, compensatie Norwegian flag Norwegian: tilbakelevering; erstatni
Polish flag Polish: zwrot mienia, wypłata ods Persian flag Persian: استرداد؛ اعاده؛ خسارت Pashto flag Pashto: ورستنونه ، ورګرځونه،بيرته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: restituição Romanian flag Romanian: restituire Russian flag Russian: возвращение; возмещение
Slovak flag Slovak: náhrada, odškodnenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: povračilo Serbian flag Serbian: naknada
Swedish flag Swedish: återlämnande, ersättning, Thai flag Thai: การชดใช้; การคืนสู่สภาพเด Turkish flag Turkish: ödeme, tazmin
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 歸還,賠償 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: повернення Urdu flag Urdu: معاوضہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự trả lại Chinese flag Chinese: 归还,赔偿

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