restorative
part of speech
adjective (restorative); noun (a restorative, restoratives — old)
meaning for a pupil
1) Something restorative makes you feel healthy, strong or calm again. tree →
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. tree →
3) (old) A restorative is a drink or medicine that gives you strength back. tree →
sense in the lessons
In many schools «restorative conversations» or «restorative justice» replace plain punishment after a fight or bullying: both sides talk about what happened, how it felt and how to make it right. In health and everyday talk a walk, a sleep or a cup of tea can be restorative. Phrases: «restorative justice», «restorative practice», «a restorative sleep».
examples
- A long sleep can be very restorative after a busy week. tree →
- The walk by the sea was restorative for Mum. tree →
- After the fight, the teacher held a restorative meeting with both boys. tree →
- Restorative justice lets the victim tell the offender how the crime hurt them. tree →
- In our school we use restorative questions: What happened? Who was hurt? tree →
- The nurse gave him a hot sweet drink as a restorative. (old-fashioned) tree →
note
Comes from «restore» (to put back as it was). Stress on «stor»: re-STOR-a-tive. It is mostly an adjective; the noun use is old-fashioned. Restorative does not mean «no consequences»: the wrongdoer must still face what they did and help put it right.
In the corpora
- A restorative meeting is a talk where people who fell out say what happened and how to put it right.
- Restorative justice brings the wrongdoer and the person harmed together to put things right.
- Restorative justice asks: who was hurt, what do they need, and whose job is it to put it right?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «restorative» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.