Restitute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Restitute is a verb meaning (transitive) To restore (something) to its former condition.
Meaning
(transitive) To restore (something) to its former condition.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To provide recompense for (something).
- (transitive) To refund.
- That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
Example Sentences
What I spill in talk or acts rarely is restituted in writing.
We were even ordered to restitute the legal costs of the defendants.
[W]hat it represents is the inability of language to restitute the loss of memory.
[…] when Frederick M. (Bantam) Lyons had rapidly and successively requested, perused and restituted the copy of the current issue of the Freeman's Journal and National Press which he had been about to throw away (subsequently thrown away), he had proceeded towards the oriental edifice of the Turkish and Warm Baths.[…]
Word Forms
- restitutes
- restituting
- restituted
Synonyms for restitute
Depending on context, synonyms include restore, reconvert, rehabilitate, revert, reimburse, renovate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include restore, renovate, revert, revirginate, retrieve, replace.
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