Restitution

/ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuʃən/ · noun

Meaning

(law) A process of compensation for losses..

Definitions by Sense

1. (law) A process of compensation for losses.
2. The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
3. A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
4. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
5. (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.

Example Sentences

A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.

He […]restitution to the value makes.

the restitution of an elastic body

The force–displacement curve of perfectly plastic contact partners does not show elastic restitution.

Valery Kulishov, Russia's restitution director, pledged his country's assistance in obtaining restitution for individual victims, and turned over three secret documents bearing on stolen or missing artworks.

“Restitution is a very delicate issue,” says Erika Jakubovits, head of restitution for the Jewish community in Vienna.

Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims.

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• restitutions

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