"restitution" Definition

Definitions for the word "restitution" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v.
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v.
The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 restoring of a thing to its proper owner. 2 reparation for an injury (esp. Make restitution). [latin]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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