verb
- to restore something to its former or original state; to give back or return something that was lost or taken
Usage: formal; legal contexts
Examples
- The court order restitutes the stolen property to its rightful owner.
- The insurance company restitutes damages after the accident investigation.
- The museum restitutes artifacts to their countries of origin.
- The settlement restitutes lost wages to the affected workers.
- The program restitutes funding that was previously cut from education.
- The treaty restitutes territorial boundaries to their pre-war status.