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restitute

verb
/ˈɹɛstɪtjuːt/

Etymology

From Old French restituer, from Latin restituō (“replace, restore”).

  1. derived from restituō
  2. derived from restituer

Definitions

  1. To restore (something) to its former condition.

  2. To provide recompense for (something).

    • What I spill in talk or acts rarely is restituted in writing.
    • [W]hat it represents is the inability of language to restitute the loss of memory.

  3. To refund.

    • We were even ordered to restitute the legal costs of the defendants.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. That which is restored or offered in place of something

      That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.

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Derived

restitutable, restitutive, restitutory, unrestituted

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA