Restitution

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1. Verb

The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

2. Verb

That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.

3. Verb

The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.

4. Verb

The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.

5. Noun

a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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