📖 R — The English dictionary · page 35

restitution — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, law) Restitution is giving back something that was stolen or lost to its owner, or paying for damage you caused.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (ethics) Restitution is making things right after doing wrong, by repairing or repaying.↗ Example: The judge ordered the boys to make restitution for the broken fence.↗ · Zacchaeus made restitution by paying back four times as much.↗ · Saying sorry is a start, but restitution is fixing it.↗ · The museum made restitution of the stolen paintings.↗ · She did extra chores as restitution for breaking the lamp.↗ · Restitution helps the victim, not just the wrongdoer.↗ · Apollo, by means of his all-seeing power, soon discovered who it was that had robbed him, and hastening to Cyllene, demanded restitution of his property.↗ · But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.↗ (Torah EXO.22.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.↗ (Torah EXO.22.14, JPS 1917)↗ · If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him — he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.↗ (Torah EXO.22.3, JPS 1917)↗

restive — Everyday, meaning 1: Unable to keep still, and restless.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Unwilling to be controlled, impatient, and difficult to manage.↗ Example: The restive horse stamped and would not stand still.↗ · The children grew restive during the long wait.↗

restless — Everyday, meaning 1: Restless means unable to keep still or relax, because you are bored, worried or full of energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A restless night is a night with little or bad sleep.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Restless can describe things that keep moving: «the restless sea».↗ Example: The children got restless on the long car journey.↗ · I had a restless night because of the thunder.↗ · The horses were restless before the storm.↗ · After an hour of sitting, the class grew restless.↗ · She felt restless and went for a run.↗ · The restless waves crashed on the rocks.↗ · And one morning he got so restless that even his friends noticed it.↗

restlessly — Everyday, meaning 1: Restlessly means in a way that cannot keep still or calm: moving about because you feel uneasy.↗ Example: Her hand moves restlessly on her chest.↗ · He walked about restlessly, kicking the ground.↗ · "Oh, husband," said the wife restlessly, "I cannot wait any longer."↗

restlessness — Everyday, meaning 1: Restlessness is a feeling of being unable to keep still or calm, often because you are worried or waiting for something.↗ Example: Then at last the restlessness would end.↗ · Her restlessness chased her through the halls.↗ · Ben's restlessness showed in his tapping feet.↗

restoration — Everyday, meaning 1: Restoration is repairing something old or damaged so it looks or works as it did before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Restoration is bringing something back, like power, peace or health.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A restoration is a thing that has been repaired, like an old painting.↗ Example: The castle is closed for restoration.↗ · The restoration of the old steam train took years.↗ · After the storm, the restoration of electricity took two days.↗ · Volunteers helped with the restoration of the wetland.↗ · The painting looks bright after its restoration.↗ · Restoration of peace was the king's first job.↗ · We carry the perfume of the flowers to spread health and restoration.↗

restorative — Everyday, meaning 1: Something restorative makes you feel healthy, strong or calm again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school, law) Restorative ways of dealing with wrongdoing bring the person who did harm and the person harmed together to talk, put things right and mend the relationship, rather than only punishing.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old) A restorative is a drink or medicine that gives you strength back.↗ Example: A long sleep can be very restorative after a busy week.↗ · The walk by the sea was restorative for Mum.↗ · After the fight, the teacher held a restorative meeting with both boys.↗ · Restorative justice lets the victim tell the offender how the crime hurt them.↗ · In our school we use restorative questions: What happened?↗ Who was hurt?↗ · The nurse gave him a hot sweet drink as a restorative.↗ (old-fashioned)↗

restore — Everyday, meaning 1: To restore something means to repair it so that it looks or works as it did when it was new.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To restore means to bring back something that was lost, like peace, power or health.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To restore something to a person means to give it back.↗ Example: Workers restored the old castle.↗ · Electricity was restored after the storm.↗ · The teacher restored order in the noisy class.↗ · Rest and food restored his strength.↗ · The stolen painting was restored to the museum.↗ · Dad restored an old bike for me.↗ · The princess, too, was restored to life.↗ · And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.↗ (Torah GEN.40.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.↗ (Torah GEN.20.14, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth down; (Torah EXO.22.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Instead of restoring our fields, he divideth them.'↗ (Prophets MIC.2.4, JPS 1917)↗ · His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.↗ (Writings JOB.20.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.↗ (Writings PSA.51.14, JPS 1917)↗

restorer — Everyday, meaning 1: A restorer is a person whose job is to repair old paintings, furniture, buildings or objects so they look as they used to.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A restorer can be a product that restores something, like hair restorer.↗ Example: The restorer cleaned the old painting.↗ · A furniture restorer fixed Gran's chair.↗ · The art restorer used tiny brushes.↗ · Restorers worked on the cathedral roof.↗ · The restorer found a hidden picture under the paint.↗ · Hair restorer did not work for Grandad.↗ · And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.'↗ (Writings RUT.4.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places, thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.↗ (Prophets ISA.58.12, JPS 1917)↗

restrain — Everyday, meaning 1: To restrain someone or something is to hold them back or stop them from moving or doing something, often by force.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To restrain yourself is to stop yourself from doing something you want to do, like laughing or shouting.↗ Example: Keep your dog restrained on a lead in the park.↗ · The seat belt restrained him when the car stopped suddenly.↗ · I could hardly restrain my laughter.↗ · Two players restrained the angry man.↗ · Try to restrain yourself from eating all the cake.↗ · Young children must be restrained in a proper car seat.↗ · Then the Princess could restrain herself no longer, but ran forward and threw her arms round her husband.↗ · the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.↗ (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying: 'Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.'↗ So the people were restrained from bringing.↗ (Torah EXO.36.6, JPS 1917)↗ · If it is read as one word, it must be the action noun of בָּלַם balam 'to restrain, withhold, keep (from)'; see SY 1:8.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?↗ (Writings JOB.15.8, JPS 1917)↗ · My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path; (Writings PRO.1.15, JPS 1917)↗ · That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.↗ (Prophets ISA.14.6, JPS 1917)↗

restraint — Everyday, meaning 1: A restraint is something that holds a person or thing back, like a seat belt or strap.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Restraint is calm control of your feelings or actions.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A restraint is a rule or limit.↗ Example: Babies must travel in a child restraint.↗ · She showed great restraint and did not shout back.↗ · The dog was held by a restraint.↗ · The government put restraints on spending.↗ · He ate the sweets without restraint and felt sick.↗ · It took restraint not to open the presents early.↗ · "Oh, for this life and raiment, you man that came in, keep restraint on your tongue!" said the old woman.↗ · The ‘Ten Sefirot Belimah’ would then be the ‘Ten Numbers of Restraint’.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Like a city broken down and without a wall, so is he whose spirit is without restraint.↗ (Writings PRO.25.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.↗ (Writings PRO.29.18, JPS 1917)↗ · For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had cast away restraint in Judah, and acted treacherously against the LORD.↗ (Writings 2CH.28.19, JPS 1917)↗

restrict — Everyday, meaning 1: To restrict means to keep something within a limit or stop it from growing beyond a certain size or amount.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To restrict means to control what people can do or where they can go.↗ Example: Mum restricts my screen time to one hour a day.↗ · Entry is restricted to staff only.↗ · This video game is age-restricted.↗ · The heavy coat restricted his movement.↗ · Water use was restricted during the drought.↗ · The rules restrict how many people can be in the pool.↗ · They therefore attribute more importance than I to the exact form in which it is found and restrict it to the locality of birth.↗

restriction — Everyday, meaning 1: A restriction is a rule that limits what you can do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Restriction is the act of limiting something.↗ Example: There is a height restriction of 120 cm on this ride.↗ · Water restrictions mean we cannot use the hose.↗ · The film has an age restriction.↗ · The restrictions were lifted after the storm.↗ · There is a speed restriction near the school.↗ · The only restriction is that you must use whole numbers.↗ · Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

restroom — Everyday, meaning 1: (US, Canada, euphemism) A toilet in a public place like a shop, restaurant or school.↗ Example: Excuse me, where is the restroom?↗ · May I use the restroom, please?↗ · The restroom is next to the gym.↗ · Wash your hands after using the restroom.↗ · The park restrooms were closed.↗ · The restaurant has a restroom for customers.↗

restructure — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To restructure is to organise something in a new way, like a company, team or plan.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To restructure a sentence or piece of writing is to change the order or form of it.↗ Example: The teacher asked us to restructure the sentence.↗ · The company restructured and some workers lost their jobs.↗ · (formal) The school will restructure its timetable next term.↗ · We restructured our story so the ending made more sense.↗ · (euphemism) «We are restructuring» often means people are being let go.↗ · The club restructured its teams by age.↗

restructuring — Everyday, meaning 1: changing the way an organisation, plan or thing is built or organised.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (euphemism, business) reorganising a company in a way that usually means cutting jobs.↗ Example: The company is going through a restructuring, and three hundred jobs will go.↗ · Dad came home quiet; there's a restructuring at his work.↗ · We are restructuring the school day to add more sport.↗ · The essay needs restructuring: put your best point first.↗ · After the restructuring, the shop closed on Mondays.↗ · "Restructuring" is the word bosses use for "some of you are fired".↗

result — Everyday, meaning 1: A result is what you get at the end, like the answer of a sum.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A result is what happens because of something else: «as a result of the rain, the game stopped».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Results are the scores or marks of a test, game or race.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To result in something is to cause it.↗ Example: The result of 6 + 7 is 13.↗ · Write the result in the box.↗ · Multiply the result by 2.↗ · The result is 5 less than 20.↗ · Write the results of your experiment in a table.↗ · As a result of the snow, school was closed.↗ · The match result was 2–1 to our team.↗ · Too much sugar can result in bad teeth.↗ · We are waiting for the exam results.↗ · The result is that she becomes petrified herself.↗ · A separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The same results would be obtained, according to the Safer Yetzirah, by adding a letter at the end of each combination.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗