Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A process of compensation for losses.

    Entschädigung, Rückerstattung

    реститу́цияrestitúcija, восстановле́ние в права́хvosstanovlénije v praváx

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.

    Entschädigung

    возмеще́ниеvozmeščénije, возмеще́ние убы́тковvozmeščénije ubýtkov, реститу́цияrestitúcija

    a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

  3. (countable, uncountable)A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.

    the restitution of an elastic body

    восстановле́ние пре́жнего положе́нияvosstanovlénije préžnevo položénija, возвра́тvozvrát, восстановле́ние состоя́нияvosstanovlénije sostojánija

  4. (countable, uncountable)That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom has been ordered to pay restitution.

  2. Sami was ordered to pay restitution.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
legal: process of compensation for losses:
act of making good or compensating for loss or injury:
return or restoration to a previous condition or position:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
legal: process of compensation for losses:

Origin

From Old French restitucion, from Latin restitutio. By surface analysis, restitute + -ion.

From Old French restitucion, from Latin restitutio. By surface analysis, restitute + -ion.

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