to restitute
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8.8
- verb
- /ˈrɛstəˌtut/
- Specialized
:
restituir
- Halachah specifies that if one damages another's property, the damager is liable to restitute the victim.
Examples
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The museum worked tirelessly to restitute the stolen artifacts to their rightful owners.
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However, three terracotta heads stolen from the Ile-Ife National Museum were recovered in Paris and restituted to Nigeria in 1996.
Academic text (2000) -
I beseech you to help me restitute his right to he whose right has been violated and help me so we can all raise our country to the rank of civilized nations where the state of rights reigns.
Academic text (1994) -
In 2005, a collection of paintings was restituted to the heirs of the original artist.
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The government is making efforts to restitute the historical items taken during the war.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Give something back to its owner or the place it came from
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1.0
Return something to the person who owns it after you use or borrow it
449
1.0
Return something to the place where it was before
313
3.4
Return someone to their family or a thing to its owner
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5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
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4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
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6.0
To give someone back an official power, title, or job
Give back ownership of a property to the previous owner after a loan is paid
Antonyms
How Returned
- Specialized
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8.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
restitute = re + stitute
The prefix 're-' is clear, but the root 'stitute' is not a standalone English word (it is a Latin-derived combining form), so learners cannot fully derive the verb's sense from known English base words alone.
Etymology
Restitute comes from re- 'again' and the root statu- 'to set', seen in common words like statue and stand. That gives the simple image of 'putting something back', so to restitute is to return something lost or stolen to its proper owner.