restitution

«restitution» in Mova's school dictionary: giving back something that was stolen or lost to its… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (restitution — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, law) Restitution is giving back something that was stolen or lost to its owner, or paying for damage you caused. tree →

2) (ethics) Restitution is making things right after doing wrong, by repairing or repaying. tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics lessons pupils learn that saying sorry is good, but restitution goes further: if you broke a window, you help pay for it. In law, a judge may order an offender to make restitution. In the Bible, Zacchaeus the tax collector promised to pay back four times what he had cheated. Phrases: make restitution, pay restitution, restitution for damage.

examples

• The judge ordered the boys to make restitution for the broken fence. tree →
• Zacchaeus made restitution by paying back four times as much. tree →
• Saying sorry is a start, but restitution is fixing it. tree →
• The museum made restitution of the stolen paintings. tree →
• She did extra chores as restitution for breaking the lamp. tree →
• Restitution helps the victim, not just the wrongdoer. tree →
• 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. tree →

note

Uncountable; formal. Everyday words: paying back, making up for, making amends. In maths word problems "four times what he took" means multiply.

In the corpora

• (22-11) But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «restitution» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.