Noun restitution has 3 senses
  1. damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
    --1 is a kind of compensation
    --1 has particulars:
     relief; actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages; nominal damages; punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money; atonement, expiation, satisfaction
  2. restitution - the act of restoring something to its original state
    --2 is a kind of
    repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
    Derived form: verb restitute2
  3. restitution, return, restoration, regaining - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
    --3 is a kind of acquisition
    --3 has particulars: clawback
    Derived form: verb restitute1
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