1200-1300Old French, Latinrestitutio, from restituere ‘to put back’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The defendant was ordered to pay $350,000 restitution to the victims.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
And it is but right that until I can make restitution, my kinswoman's expenses should fall upon me.
Fry has agreed to provide restitution of $ 3. 8 million to his victims.
He agreed to pay a $ 375, 000 fine and make restitution to his victims totaling $ 625, 000.
Many also consider restitution unfair on the grounds that everybody suffered under Communism but only property owners will receive compensation.
Opinion polls repeatedly showed that restitution was unpopular.
The amount of restitution will be decided by the arbitrator.
The exclusion of properties expropriated before 1949 from restitution was inevitable.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►make restitution
The offender must make restitution for the hurt that he or she has caused.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB►make
· And it is but right that until I can make restitution, my kinswoman's expenses should fall upon me.· The Supreme Court ruled in 1990 that convicted criminals can avoid making restitution by declaring bankruptcy.· Such a person may be ordered to make restitution in whatever way the court thinks appropriate.· He made restitution last summer and was eligible when practice began Oct. 15.
formal the act of giving back something that was lost or stolen to its owner, or of paying for damage → compensationrestitution of the restitution of art treasures missing since World War II The offender must make restitution for the hurt that he or she has caused.