See Also: restitution(medicine)
Restitution(money)
restitution(dictionary)
restitution(dictionary)
Restitution(law)
RESTITUTION, maritime law(law)
WRIT OF RESTITUTION(law)
Warrant Of Restitution(law)
Coefficient of Restitution (Cor) - Golf(gambling)

restitution (iou)



restitution noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin restitutio(n-), formed as RESTITUTE: see -ION.]
The action or an act of restoring or giving back something to its proper owner; (an act of) reparation for loss or injury previously inflicted (freq. in make restitution). (Foll. by of.) ME.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Many a pound..Have I dispursed..And never ask'd for restitution. J. A. Froude He had been promised restitution of his property. R. A. Knox We must..make restitution if we have defrauded people.
The action or an act of restoring a person or persons to a previous status or position; the fact of being restored or reinstated. Now rare. LME.
Defoe The Restitution of King Charles the Second.
The action or an act of restoring a thing or institution to its original state or form, now spec. (Theology) to perfection (with ref. to Acts 3:21). LME.
Bible (AV): Acts 3:21 The times of restitution of all things.
Reposition, replacement. rare. L16-M17.
Resumption of a previous shape or position by virtue of elasticity or resilience. M17.
Genetics. The rejoining of two parts of a broken chromosome or chromatid. M20.
Comb.: restitution nucleus Genetics a cell or gamete nucleus having twice the normal chromosome number due to a defect in the spindle during cell division.
restitutionism noun (rare) = RESTORATIONISM L19.
restitutionist noun (Theology, chiefly US) = RESTORATIONIST noun 1 L18.