reinstatementn.
/ˌriːɪnˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ 1.
a. The action of reinstalling or re-establishing a person or thing in a former position or condition.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > re-establishment
restablishment1483
re-establishing1566
replanting1572
re-establishment1574
refoundation1628
reinstatement1662
reinstation1686
reinstitution1736
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement
restitutiona1387
repossession1533
restauration1548
reposition1559
reinstalment1602
renstall1630
restoration1660
reinstation1686
rehabilitation1831
reinstatement1880
1662 N. Horsman Spiritual Bee xlii Our Saviour hath opened a free passage to this, and hath prepared it for a reenstatement of us in happiness.
1693 S. R. tr. A. Baillet Life M. Des Cartes viii. 274 He recovered by this glorious reinstatement, all the benefits wherewith it pleas'd God to honour the Vertues of his Soul.
1728 ‘I. Dandridge’ Like will to Like i. ix. 20 Squelsh was not forgot in this Re-instatement, but promoted to keep the Till of the Tap.
1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. 115 He therefore dispatched Spar and Oxenstiern..to..solicit in particular for..the re-instatement of the dukes of Mechlenberg.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 299 Nor is there here any room for his reinstatement by the praetor.
1935 N.Y. Times 2 July 15/1 Reinstatement of employees with or without back pay.
1971 Mod. Law Rev. 34 657 The industrial tribunal may only recommend reinstatement.
2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xx. 228 Lomax beamed, making the mental move from Tufnell Park to Chalk Farm, seeing his reinstatement in London's finer restaurants and fresh plastic in his wallet.
b. Military. Re-establishment of a member of the armed forces in a previously held civilian job after demobilization.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [noun] > of a person, country, or industry after war > of servicemen into civilian life > in civilian employment
reinstatement1916
1916 Times 4 Aug. 7/3 These problems gathered themselves into two—the reinstatement of those who had gone and the displacement of those who, for the time, stood in their places.
1945 Daily Herald 17 May 4/3 The Reinstatement Act was working very smoothly—‘and I believe I shall have very few cases to go to the reinstatement committees at all.’
1997 S. M. Duncan Citizen Warriors vi. 112 The VRRA required employers to grant a leave of absence to employees who participated in reserve training and that it further required the reinstatement of employee reservists upon their return.
2. The restoration or replacement of destroyed or damaged property.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoring something lost or damaged
repairmenta1400
replacing1630
reinstatement1782
1782 W. Ross Disc. Removing of Tenants 126 When these rights were held to be good against every person whatever..the justice obtained came to be compleat, viz. Re-instatement in the possession, damages and costs.
1823 J. Elmes Pract. Treat. Dilapidations (ed. 2) 49 You are hereby required to..perform..the following repairs, and reinstatements of waste.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 165/1 The insured has not the option of requiring reinstatement.
1923 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 5 236 A change of circumstances which might make the continued occupation the cause of loss and to admit of the determination of a sufficient payment to the owner for reinstatement.
1999 Which? June 14/3 The insurance valuation, or reinstatement cost, of a property is the cost to rebuild it completely—if it burned down, for instance—and is the amount of buildings insurance you need.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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