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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 27279 For suche kin þing with gode resoun sulde men make restitucioun.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 277 (MED) I can þe nouȝte assoille Til þow make restitucioun and rekne with hem alle.

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 229 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 200 (MED) My dewtees I did alwey delaye..Made in my liff no restitucioun.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clx. f. lxxxix^v He shulde..make restitucion of all thynges that he before had takyn from the Churche.

1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Dv Thou must..make restitucyon to thy power.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxii. 5 Of the best of his owne vineyard shall he make restitution . View more context for this quotation

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 28 Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience, he makes restitution . View more context for this quotation

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. v. 23, 24 Go presently and make restitution.

a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. 39 They had wronged her.., therefore they ought to make her restitution.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. II. iv. 428 It is a relevant defence, that the defender..made voluntary restitution..of the goods spuilzied.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. ix. 345 The Spartan, instead of making restitution, took away the life of his companion.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 56 Though their tenure might be changed and the restitution not made without a price paid to the new lord.

1914 Z. Grey Rustlers of Pecos County xiv. 225 Sampson had made restitution in every case where he had personally gained at the loss of farmer or rancher.

1987 M. Flanagan Trust xxv. 238 For this act of vandalism you will make restitution.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Nov. iii. 5/1 Google is reluctant to make restitution to [Internet] advertisers who claim to have been victimized by fraudulent and often malicious clickers.