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/rˌɛstɪtˈuʃən/ Listen

Restitution

noun

A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress.

The act of restoring something to its original state.

Getting something back again. Synonyms: regaining, restoration, return.

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"Restitution" Quotes from Famous Books

... and king, the cause of my coming at this time is to have again the restitution of my person, my lands, and my heritage, through your ...

— Richard II - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... The effect of a subsequent sin is that the former "justices" are not remembered, in so far as they were deserving of eternal life, but not in so far as they were a hindrance to sin. Consequently if a man sins mortally after making restitution, he does not become guilty as though he had not paid back what he owed; and much less is penance previously done forgotten as to the pardon of the guilt, since this is the work of God rather ...

— Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) - From the Complete American Edition • Thomas Aquinas

... bridegroom offers presents to the bride's parents, which are afterward returned to him. Among certain savages the bride's parents return the purchase money of their daughter to the bridegroom in another form. Such restitution was often the origin ...

— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... of exposure, the fear of notoriety when the case comes up in court, has aged the man ten years. He begged me with tears in his eyes to induce you to drop it and accept his offer of restitution. Don't you think you could do ...

— The Brass Bowl • Louis Joseph Vance

... (if I understand correctly) that restitution has been made to the parties against whom the crime was perpetrated. That is well ...

— The Mystery of Monastery Farm • H. R. Naylor

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