Restitutional
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Restitutional is an adjective meaning Pertaining to or constituting restitution (compensation for losses).
Meaning
Pertaining to or constituting restitution (compensation for losses).
More Meanings
- (sciences) Pertaining to or exhibiting restitution (return or restoration to a previous condition or position).
Example Sentences
If the molecules are smooth, perfectly restitutional forceless spheres [...]
“Thinking justice,” as he calls it, should move beyond this juridical, restitutional, reparational politics of justice. Restitutional justice always needs history, right, and law. Justice by means of restitutional politics becomes justice by means of "punishment, paymentm expiation"[.]
And if the mass m, and the restitutional force were such that, at a foot from the centre, there was produced a restitutional force of F poundals (i.e., a restitutional force capable in one second of producing in a mass of 1 lb., an acceleration of F feet per second), then the time of vibration would be [...]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overcorrection, restitutionary, restitutory, restitutive, restorational, reparational.
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