"restitution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuʃən/ [UK], /ˌɹɛstɪˈtuʃən/ [US] Audio: en-au-restitution.ogg Forms: restitutions [plural]
Etymology: From Old French restitucion, from Latin restitutio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|restitucion}} Old French restitucion, {{uder|en|la|restitutio}} Latin restitutio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} restitution (countable and uncountable, plural restitutions)
  1. (law) A process of compensation for losses. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (legal: process of compensation for losses): ἀπόδοσις (apódosis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), реституция (restitucija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 賠償 (Chinese Mandarin), 赔偿 (péicháng) (Chinese Mandarin), korvaaminen (Finnish), restitution [feminine] (French), Entschädigung [feminine] (German), Rückerstattung [feminine] (German), реституция (restitusiä) (Kazakh), odszkodowanie [neuter] (Polish), restytucja [feminine] (Polish), реститу́ция (restitúcija) [feminine] (Russian), восстановле́ние в права́х (vosstanovlénije v praváx) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-restitution-en-noun-xWaRoZUb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 2 31 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 27 5 33 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 31 2 36 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 33 2 35 14 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal: process of compensation for losses': 59 11 1 26 4
  2. The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of compensating): recompense, indemnification Translations (act of making good or compensating for loss or injury): ἀπόδοσις (apódosis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), компенсация (kompensacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), restitució [feminine] (Catalan), 補償 (Chinese Mandarin), 补偿 (bǔcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), korvaaminen (Finnish), Entschädigung [feminine] (German), возмеще́ние (vozmeščénije) [neuter] (Russian), возмеще́ние убы́тков (vozmeščénije ubýtkov) [neuter] (Russian), реститу́ция (restitúcija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-restitution-en-noun-~zVc1vrc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 2 31 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 27 5 33 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 31 2 36 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 33 2 35 14 Disambiguation of 'act of compensating': 6 67 4 17 5 Disambiguation of 'act of making good or compensating for loss or injury': 4 81 1 10 4
  3. A return or restoration to a previous condition or position. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (return or restoration to a previous condition or position): възвръщане (vǎzvrǎštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), възстановяване (vǎzstanovjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), palautuminen (Finnish), palauttaminen (Finnish), korjaaminen (Finnish), restytucja [feminine] (Polish), восстановле́ние пре́жнего положе́ния (vosstanovlénije préžnevo položénija) [neuter] (Russian), возвра́т (vozvrát) [masculine] (Russian), восстановле́ние состоя́ния (vosstanovlénije sostojánija) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-restitution-en-noun-GqI6eI2Q Disambiguation of 'return or restoration to a previous condition or position': 1 1 94 3 1
  4. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-restitution-en-noun-yLz7jDeQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 2 31 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 27 5 33 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 23 3 51 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 31 2 36 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 33 2 35 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 23 8 34 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 20 5 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 21 4 43 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 21 4 43 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 22 3 43 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 21 3 44 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 17 22 5 39 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 24 5 36 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 24 5 41 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 22 2 40 17
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-restitution-en-noun-GjckOFm4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 2 31 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 27 5 33 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 31 2 36 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 33 2 35 14 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reddition, render [obsolete], rendition [rare], restitution, restoration, return, surrender Hypernyms: bestowal Hyponyms: reparation, atonement, compensation, indemnification Derived forms: coefficient of restitution, e-restitution, restitutional, restitutionary Related terms: restitute

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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