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Antonyms for restitution

Grammar : Noun
Spell : res-ti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛs tɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu-

Definition of restitution

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French restitucion or directly from Latin restitutionem (nominative restitutio) "a restoring," noun of action from past participle stem of restituere "set up again, restore, rebuild, replace, revive, reinstate, re-establish," from re- "again" (see re-) + statuere "to set up," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet).
  • noun compensation, repayment
Example sentences :
  • It is only just that you should make a restitution of the sum which you have taken.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • To his eyes it looked more like an attempt at restitution than anything else.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
  • Let us hope for a deliverance from his mercy, and wish for restitution in his benevolence.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • What restitution could you have made if her back had been permanently injured?
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester
  • It was inexorably opposed to the restitution of church property.
  • Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.
  • A decree for the restitution of conjugal rights was granted to her petition.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • It ran thus, "Until the times of the Restitution of all things."
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • Bournisien defended it; he enlarged on the acts of restitution that it brought about.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • If restitution was to be made, it must be made by the separate states.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Period of American History » by John Fiske
  • Has wrong been done, and restitution to the extent of our ability not been made?
  • Extract from : « Separation and Service » by James Hudson Taylor

Synonyms for restitution

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