English Dictionary

restitution

/ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuʃən/

noun

(law) A process of compensation for losses. / The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury. / A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.

The court ordered the defendant to pay restitution to the victims of the crime.

意味（1）

(law) A process of compensation for losses.

意味（2）

The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.

A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.

意味（3）

A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.

the restitution of an elastic body

意味（4）

That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.

Valery Kulishov, Russia's restitution director, pledged his country's assistance in obtaining restitution for individual victims, and turned over three secret documents bearing on stolen or missing artworks.

意味（5）

(medicine) 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.