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1. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
   - damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, redress
    
2. The act of restoring something to its original state
    
3. Getting something back again
   "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
   - return, restoration, regaining

Derived forms: restitutions

See also: restitute

Type of: acquisition, compensation, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation

Encyclopedia: Restitution