restitution
noun
reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
restitutive
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a word derived from
restitution.
Example Sentences
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There’s the restitutive system and the retributive system.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2018
Together they inculcated a hybrid prison culture that drew on western concepts of human rights and individual rehabilitation, Christian notions of redemption and forgiveness, and African traditions of collectivism and restitutive justice.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2015
