restitution

restitution is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. verb. 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.
2. verb. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
3. verb. The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
4. verb. 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.
5. noun. getting something back again

   "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

   Synonyms: regaining, restoration, return

6. noun. the act of restoring something to its original state
7. noun. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

   Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress

Synonyms

regaining, restoration, return, amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress

Common word forms

restitutions, restitutional

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